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THE 



REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



ARITHMETIC. 



Examination I. J\[ov. 8^ 1866. 

1. Write in figures each of the following numbers, 
add them, and express in words (or numerate) their 
sum: fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thousandths; 
nineteen, and nineteen hundredths; fifty-seven, and 
forty-eight ten-thousandths ; twenty-three thousand 
five, and four tenths ; and fourteen millionths. 

2. What is the difference between 3f plus 1%, and 
4 plus 2-1? 

3. In multiplying by more than one figure, where 
is the first figure in each partial product written, and 
why is it so written ? 

4. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the re- 
mainder 11, what is the dividend ? 

5. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. di- 
vided by 12? 

6. Which one of the fundamental operations (or 
ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction 
descending? Give an example. 

7. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what 
weight would each be weiu'hed? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



8. What is the only even prime number? 

9. How many weeks in 8,568,456 minutes? 

10. To wliat ^^rM in division does the value of a 
common fraction correspond? 

11. Wliat is tlie product of a fraction multiplied 
by its denominator? Give an example. 

12. What is the rule for the multiplication of deci- 
mals? 

13. How is a common fraction reduced to a deci- 
mal? Give an example. 

14. What is ratio and how may it be expressed? 
Illustrate by an example. 

15. If 27 tons, 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost |217.83, 
what will 119 tons 1 qr. 10 lb. cost? 

16. Find the cost of the several articles, and the 
amount of the followino- bill ; 

Utica. Oct. 1, 1866. 
A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. 

To 16,750 feet of board at $12.50 per M., .... 

" 1,750 " " 24.00 " 

" 3,500 " " 25.00 " .... 

Received payment, $ 

Samuel Palmer. 

17. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
wdiich contains 389,017 solid inches? 

18. What is the present worth of the following 
note discounted at bank, and when will it become 
due : — 

$100. Albany, October 11, 1866. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I 
promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hun- 
dred dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. 

John Brown. 



ARITHMETIC. 5 



19. Involve f to the 7th. power. 

20. What is the square root of .0043046721? 

21. Sold 9 1 cwt. of sugar at |8J per cwt., and 
thereby lost 12 per cent. : how much was the whole 
cost? 

22. A person owned f of a mine, and sold f of his 
interest for $1,710: wliat was the value of the entire 
mine ? 

23. When it is 2 hr. 36' a. m., at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18 ° 24 ' east, what is the time at 
Cape Horn, in longitude 67 ° 21 ' west? 

24. What is the cost of 17 tons 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 R. 
of potash at |53.80 per ton? 



Examination II. MarcJi i^ i86j. 

25. Express in words the number 42567000129301. 

26. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six 
hundred and nine, by seventeen hundred and fifty, 

27. Give the rule for reduction descending. 

28. How many steps of 2^ ft. each would a man 
take in walking a mile? . 

29. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction 
of the same value having a given denominator? 

30. What is the value of f of f of i of ^ when re- 
duced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms? 

31. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to 
equivalent fractions having the least common de- 
nominator. 

32. Add 3f to 4 |i. 



THE REGENTS QUEST'O^:'. 



33. ^v'l•ite in l>ures. two and six liimvii'etl-mii- 
lionths. 

34. Keduce 1375-8836 lo a decimal. 

35. Multiply seven thousand and li\'i.'. Ijy three 
hundred, and five millionths. 

36. Divide 126.45 by 493.256. 

37. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the ante- 
cedent 90: what is the consequent? 

38. Find the value of the omitted term in the fol- 
lowing proportion : — 

$4:(?) : :9:16. 

39. If 561b. of butter cost $15.68, what will .078 
of a ton cost? 

40. If 96 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, 
how many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters? 

41. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 at 
simple interest: Avhat was the rate percent? 

42. What is the interest of $14, 231. 50 from June 29, 
1860, to April 30, 1865, at 8^ per cent? 

43. Three notes are payable as follows: — one for 
$200, January 1, 1866; another for $350, due Septem- 
ber 1, 1866; a third for $500, due April 1, 1867: what 
is the average of maturity, or the equated time of 
payment ? 

44. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 ft. 
square, with carpeting f yd. wide, at $1.50 per yd. ? 

45. The difference in the local time of two places is 
2 hr. 18m. : what is the difference in longitude? 

46. 33 is 2f per cent, of what number? 

47. What is the length of each side of a square 
field which contains 5 acres? 

48. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is dis- 



ARITHMETIC. 



coimted at bank at 6 per cent. : what are the pro- 
ceeds? 



Examination III. June 14, 186 j. 

49. Express in figures MDXXT^CDLXXXIX. 

50. Perf ornrthe operations indicated as follows : — 

51. Numerate (or express in words) 90067236708. 

52. What is the sum of 3912, 361, 40005, 98, 7368- 
63, 8342, 2900687, 9, 4000862, 28 ? 

53. If two persons start from the same place, and 
travel in the same direction, one 7 and the other 11 
miles per hour, at the rate of 9 hours per day, how 
far apart will they he at the end of the 17th day? 

54. What is the amount due on the following bill 
of parcels : 

Albany, June 1, 1866. 
John Baenes, 

Bought of NATHAN HADLEY & Co., 
16 H). tea, @ 1.05 - - - -$ 

18 lb. sugar, @.14 
25 R). lice, @ .09' - 
15 yd. linen, @ .66 . . - 



Cr. % 

By balance of account, - - - - 2.48 



Balance due, - - - - % 
Received payment, N. Hadley, & Co. 

55. State the process of reducing inches to leagues. 

56. How many bu. will a box 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, 
and 3 ft. hiiih contain? 



8 THE regents' QX^ESTIONS. 

57. Addf«, I and iVV 

58. Reduce 1049-8392 to its lowest terms. 

59. Give the rule for reducing fractions having 
different denominators to equivalent fractions hav- 
ing the least common denominator. 

60. Multiply 18| by 7|. 

61. Express in figures, forty-seven, and twenty- 
one hundred-thousandths. 

62. Divide 2019.86928 by 30 0^5. 

63. If 9 men cut 150 acres of grass in 18 days, how 
many will do the same work in 27 days ? 

64. If 500 copies of a book containing 210 pages 
require 12 reams of paper, how much will 1,2,00 
copies of a book of 280 pages require ? 

65. What is the value in currency of $865 in gold, 
when the latter is selling at 131 per cent? 

66. What is the interest on $200 for 3 years and 10 
months, at 7 per cent? 

67. In what time will a sum of money double it- 
self at an annual interest of 5 per cent? 

68. What is the face of a note at 30 days, which 
yields $500 when discounted at bank, at 7 per cent? 

70. Extract the square root of .0043046721. 

71. Involve 1.06 to the 4th power. 

72. What debt can be discharged in a year by 
weekly payments in arithmetical progression, the 
first being $24, and the last $1,224? 



Examination IV. jYo-v. 8^ i86f. 

73. Express words in 2584503962047. 

74. 2468+13579-1-100+6042+1874-19= ? 



ARITHMETIC. 9" 



75. What is the difference between 576-208+1645 
-321, and 403-256+814-195? 

76. Multiply f orty-nine millions forty thousand six 
hundred and ninety-seven, by nine millions forty 
thousand seven hundred and nine. 

77. One factor of a certain number is 11, and the 
other 3708311605: what is that number? 

78. If the remainder is 17, the quotient 610, and 
the dividend 45767, what is the divisor? 

79. What cost 3 A. 2 R. 20 rd. of land, at $43. per 
acre? 

80. What is the difference of time between July 
15, 1857, and April 25, 1862? 

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81. Add 



T. 


cwt. 


qr. 


R). 


oz. 


dr. 


14 


13 


2 


15 


15 


15 


13 


17 


3 


13 


11 


13 


46 


16 


3 


11 


13 


10 


14 


15 


2 


7 


6 


9 


11 


17 


3 


10 


15 


11 



82. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744 
and 1044. 

83. Divide 137 R). 9 oz. IS pwt. 22 gr. by 23. 

84. From i of 137 subtract i of 317. 

85. Write eleven thousand, and eleven hundred- 
thousandths, (the whole as a single expression.) 

86. Multiply .0097 by .000125. 

87. Divide 475 by 128f. 

88. What cost xi of ^^ ^(^^^ ^^ $1.75 per sq. rodV 

89. Divide 9811.0047 by .325947. 

90. Reduce 18 s. 3f d. to the decimal of a £., 

91. Find the third term of 7 : 8 ::(?): 12. 



10 THE RE(;EXTs' QrESTTONS. 

93. If 2i yd. of broadcloth cost $1^, what will 27 
3'd. cost? 

03. If 8 men spend $64 in 13 weeks, what will 12 
men spend in 52 weeks? 

94. Find the interest on $35.61 from Xov. 11. 1857 
to Dec. 15, 1859, at 6 per cent. 

95. What is the bank discount on a note for $350, 
payable 3 months after date, at 7 per cent, interest? 

96. Find the square root of .876096. 



Examination V. Feb. 21, 2868.' 

97. -Add together 15262986957 and 8879. and mul- 
tiply the 19th part of the sum hj 76. 

98. Subtract nine hundred and fourteen thousand 
nine hundred and twenty, from four hiuidred mil- 
lions and thirteen thousand. 

99. A wheel makes 880 revolutions in passing over 
2 mi. 1,430 yd. : what is its circumference? 

100. Reduce 49 wk. 6 da. 19 hr. to minutes. 

101. Find the greatest common divisor of 4004 and 
5772. 

102. Find the least common multiple of 25, 86, 83, 
12, 45. 

103. Divide 52 yd. 1 ft. 10^ in. by 8 \l. 

104. Reduce 3| of IgV of 2 -{\ to a decimal. 

105. Find the value of 169 multiplied by .0000728. 

106. Find the value of 25.000315— .0045 plus .2801 
minus 18 plus 21.001. 

107. Divide the number 54 into 3 parts, propor- 
tioned as 2, 3, 4. 



ARITHMETIC. 11 



108. If for a certain sum 18 sheep may be grazed 
20 days, how many days may 30 sheep be grazed for 
the same sum? 

109. How many acres could 10 men plow in 14 
hours, if 5 men plough 6 acres in 10^ hours? 

110. Standard silver is composed of 37 parts of 
pure silver, and 3 parts of copper : how much per 
cent, of the whole is each of the components V 

111. If I buy cloth at |;1. 20 per yard, how must I 
sell it so as to gain 25 per cent? 

112. Divide |1, 200 between A. and B. so that A's. 
share may be to B's. as 2 to T. 

113. Divide 6 s. 6 d. between Jane and Ellen, so 
that Jane may receive 3 s. mone than Ellen. 

114. What is the value of the square root of 
42X24X28? 

115. How much coffee at 9, 11 and 14 cents a 
pound, will form a mixture worth 12 cents a pound? 

116. When the extremes and the number of terms 
in an arithmetical series are given, how is the sum of 
the series ascertained? 

117. The surface of a square table is 26 sq. feet, 100 
in. : find the length of each side. 

118. How many square yards of matting would 
cover a floor, the dimensions of which are 20 ft. 10 
in., by 15 ft. 5i in.? 

119. What sum of money will in 3 years, 10 mo. 
and 9 daj's at 7 per cent, amount to $1,524.10? 

120. I have three notes payable as follows: one for 
|200, due Jan. 1, 1869; anotlierfor $350, due Sept. 1, 
1869; and another for $500. due April 1. 1870: wlrit 
is the averaue of maturity? 



12 THE regents' questions. 

Examination VI , June ^, 1868, 

121. Express in figures the number represented by 
four units of the tenth order, six of the eighth, four 
of the seventh, two of the sixtli, one of the third, 
and five of tiie second. 

122. Numerate the number represented b}' four 
units of the tentli order, six of the eightli, four of tlie 
seventh, two of the sixth, one of tlie third, and five of 
the second. 

123. How may 25,000 be expressed in Roman nu- 
merals? 

124. How is the local vahie of a figure determined, 
or upouAvhat does it depend? 

125. What is the sum of the composite numbers 
from 50 to 80 inclusive ? 

126. From sixty-five trillions three millions six hun- 
dred and twelve, take nine billions one million four 
thousand and six. 

127. A tax of thirty millions fifty-six thousand four 
hundred and sixty-five dollars is assessed equally on 
four thousand and ninety-seven towns: what sum 
must each town pay? 

128. Which of the fundamental rules is employed 
in reducing a denominate fraction to integers of low- 
er denominations ? 

129. How many cubic inches does the standard 
unit of liquid measure contain ? 

130. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 ft. 
long, 4^ ft. wide, and 6^ ft. high ? 

131. A stationer bought 1 great gross of slates at d 



ARITHMETIC. 13 



pence each ; what was the whole cost, in pounds 
sterling? 

132. Of what factors of two or more numbers does 
their greatest common divisor consist ? 

133. What is the smallest sum of money with which 
horses can be bought at $50 each, cows at |30 each, or 
sheep at $8 each, using the same amount in each 
case? 

134. Express in words 0.500073. 

135. What number must be multiplied by 15|- that 
the product may be 56^? 

136. How is the value of a fraction affected when 
its denominator is divided by a number greater than 
unity? 

137. How do you multiply .061 by 100,000? 

138. What amount is due on the following items:? 
37 chests green tea at $ 23 75 each. 

42 ■ " black " " 17 50 " 

12 crates Liverpool ware " 175 00 '' 

19 bbl. Genesee flour " 15 50 " 

23 bu. rye " 1 52 " 



139. When are four quantities said to be in pro- 
portion? 

140. If I of the distance from A to B is 32 miles, 
what is -fj of the same distance ? 

141. How is the rate per cent, ascertained when 
the princijyal, interest, and time are given. 

142. If $300 gain $18 in nine months, what is the 
per cent? 

143. What is the length, in feet and inches, of 



14 THE regents' C,)ITE8TT()NS. 

each side of a square carpet, made I'roni 49 i yd. of 
Brussels carpetiii!;, f yd. Avide? 

144. How is the hist term of a geometrical series 
found, the f>.i-st term, ratio, and aumber of terms be- 
ing given? 



Examinatioyi VII . JVov. ij^ 1868. 

145. Express in figures six hundred millions sev- 
enteen tliousand three hundred and eight. 

146. AVhat is the sum of 372856, 404932, 2704793. 
9078961, 304165, 207708, 41274,375, 271, 34 and 6 ? 

147. From sixty-live billions three millions six hun- 
dred and twelve, take nine billion.s one million four 
thousand and six. 

148. One factor of a certain number is 11, and the 
other 3708311605: what is that number? 

149. AVhat are the prime factors of 800 ? 

150. If the quotient is 482, and the divisor 281, 
what is the dividend? 

151. If I take 13729 from the sum of 8762 and 14- 
967, divide the remainder Ijy 50, and multiply the 
quotient by 19, what is the product? 

152. How many miles in 60,750 links? 

153. What is the sum of ^^,oi 9|, and -fj of 328f ? 

154. Reduce f of |-| of 6i of 17 to a simple fraction. 

155. How many times is f contained in 837? 

156. Reduce -j^- of an acre to lower denomina- 
tions. 

157. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744, 
906. 



ARITHMETIC. 15 

158. What is the least common multiple (or divi- 
dend) of the nine digits ? 

159. Divide 0.01764144 by 0.0018. 

160. Eeduce 7 fur. 29 rd. to the decimal of a 
mile. 

161. What sum, at 7 per cent., Avill amount to 
$221,075 in 3 years 4 months? 

162. What is the amount of $1,200 for 2 years at 6 
percent, compound interest, payable quarterly? 

163. If $100 gain $6 in 1 year, what principal will 
gain $12 in 8 months? 

164. To what number has ^ the same ratio as ex- 
ists between 3 and 21 ? 

165. What number of men will be required to per- 
form a piece of work in 8 days, that would take 15 
men 24 days? 

166. A. and B. enter into partnership. A. furnish- 
es $240 for 8 months; and B. $560 for 5 months. 
They lost $118. How much did each man lose? 

167. What is the square root of 61723020.96? 

168. How many cubic quarter-inches are contained 
in a cubic inch? 



Examination VIIL Feb. ig^ i86g. 

169. Add the following numbers : One hundred and 
eight billions, three hundred and six; twenty-one bil- 
lions, twenty thousands, two hundred and ten ; thirty 
billions, twenty-nine millions and three. 

170. Keduce 2,579,792 drams avoirdupois to high- 
er denominations. 

171. Reduce 1 mi. 18 rd. 2 yd. 2 ft. to inches. 



16 THE regents' questions. 

172. Multiply §- of V- by 3i--16. 

173. Divide 1^3 of |f by f. 

174. Find the least common multiple of all the even 
numbers from 1 to 15. 

175. From the sum of f and ^ take {\. 

176. Add together jJg^ hhd. and f gill. 

177. Multiply 30.6002 by two and one ten-thous- 
andth. 

178. Divide 4.08 by .000136. 

179. Reduce f If to a decimal. 

180. Reduce 8 oz. 5 pwt. 3 gr. to the decimal of 
a R). 

181. If 21 men in 12 days can do certain work, 
how many men in 7 days could do f as much? 

182. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. 
long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at $0.25 a cubic 
yard? 

183. A. begins business with $500 ; at the end of 
2 months B. puts in $300 ; at the end of 1 month 
more C. puts in $600; at the end of 5 months more, 
the protits amount to $1,056. What was each man's 
share ? 

184. 3 pence is what per cent, of 4 shillings? 

185. What sum in 1 year will yield $48.75 at 12^ 
per cent? 

186. What is the bank discount on a note for $600 
for 2 months and 9 days, at 10 per cent, per an- 
num? 

187. I sell goods for $511.29, and gain 9^ per cent. ; 
what did the goods cost me? 

188. At ^vhat rate will $500 yield $34 interest in 1. 
year 1 month and 18 days? 



ARITHMETIC. 17 



189. What is the compound interest of $200 for 
3 years at 7 per cent? 

190. How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold 
being at 147? 

191. What is the square root of 403.6081? 
• 193.. What is the cube root of if IM1-? 



Exainmation IX. June ii, i86g. 

193. The factors of a number are three hundred 
ninety-seven thousand five himdred, and nine thou- 
sand eight hundred. What is the product expressed 
in words ? 

194. If one man can mow 1.875 acres in a day, 
how many acres can 13 men mow in 7.5 days? 

195. How many reams of commercial note paper 
each 8 in. long, 5 in. wide, and 3. 5 in. thick, can be 
packed in a box, the inside dimensions of which are 
41f , and j% feet respectively? 

196. A note given May 10, 1867, was paid 
August 10, 1868. How long did the note run? 

196«. How long is a field containing 14 A., if it is 
35 rd. wide? 

197. If I start from latitude 15 ° 35 ' 40 " north, and 
travel due north 2,159 geographic miles, in what lati- 
tude shall I then be ? 

198. How many seconds in the circumference of a 
circle? 

199. Is 217 a prime or a composite number? 

200. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft., 280 
ft., 182 ft., and 252. ft. respectively : what is the great- 



18 TH": T?F>OENTS' OFF.PTTOXS. 



est leugili of boards that I can use in feucing it, with- 
out cutting au}' of them? 

201. What is tlie smallest sum of mouej' for which 
a person can purchase oxen at $85 eacli, or cows at 
$35 each? 

202. Tlie tide rose f ft. one liour, \l ft. tlie next, 

and f ft. tlie third hour : how much did it rise in the 
tliree hours? 

203. How many square rods are there in a lot 15f 
rods long, and 12f rods wide? 

204. If 8| qt. of strawberries cost $|f , what is the 
l^rice per qt, ? 

205. The product of three factors is 19^, and two 
of them are 1^ and 2f : what is the other. 

206. Reduce 4 da. 4 hr. 48 mi. to the decimal of a 
week. 

207. If 5 tons of coal are equal to 9 cords of wood 
for fuel, and a family burns 31.5 cords of wood in a 
year, how much will they save by changing from wood 
to coal, when wood is worth $4.25 per cord, and 
coal $6.80 per ton? 

208. When it is 12 o'clock m. at St. Paul, 93" 10' 
W. Longitude, what is the time at Richmond, 77° 27' 
W. ? 

209. Reduce .06875 to the form of a common frac- 
tion and to its lowest terms. 

210. 24 is t per cent, of what number? 

211. What will $25,390 amount to in 7 mo., at 10 
per cent? 

212. When gold is worth 124, what amount of cur- 
rency can be bought for $5,400 in gold? 



ARITHMETIC. 19 



213. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B's at 
5,575. A's tax is $52.65: how much is B's? 

214. Find the unknown term in the following 
proportion : 

7i :6i: : : 5 

215. Find the unknown term in the following 
proportion : 

^:31 j ..p. 

4: 8 r 

■ 216. What is the square root of 1127750724? 



Examnation X. J\[ov, ii, i 

217. Add in figures, LXVI, MDXIX, CCIY, 
XVIII. 

218. From sixty-eight million nine hundred thou- 
sand and six, take seven million two hundred thou- 
sand and two. 

219. Six hundred and four i's one factor, ninety-six 
thousand and seventy-three is the other : what is the 
product ? 

220. Which term in division corresponds with the 
product in nuiltiplication ? 

221. Give the method of proving division. 

222. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 

223. Find the greatest common divisor of 505, 
707, and 4343. 

224. Of what is the least common multiple of sev- 
eral numbers the product ? 

225. Find the smallest number that exactly con- 
tains 78. 156 and 390. 



20 THE regents' questions. 

"226. Express in words ^WiTTrf 

227. Reduce 387 to eighty-fifths. 

228. "Wliat is the cost of four fields, containing re- 
spectively 4^, 2i, 3|-, and 1\^ acres, at $25 an acre ? 

229. What is the rate per hour of a boat that 
goes 230^f miles in 18f hours? 

230. Write as a decimal, xo¥oVoo- 

231. Required the area in acres, etc., of a piece of 
land .5 of a mile long and .3 of a mile broad. 

232. From 1 lb. Troy, take 10 oz. 17 pwt. 18 gr. 

233. Sold 517 bbl. of flour for $8.10 per bbl., at a 
profit of 8 per cent, ; what was the whole cost? 

234. Ird. :ift. : : ? : $0.50. 

235. (|)^=? 

236. Whatis the square root of .0011943936? 

237. What is the amount of $50, at compound in- 
terest for 3 years, at 8 per cent. , interest payable half- 
yearly? 

238. A note for $486, dated September 7, 1863, 
was endorsed as follows; Received, March 22, 1864, 
$125. Nov. 29, 1864, $150. May 13, 1865, $120. 
What was the balance due April 19, 1866, the rate 
being 6 per cent? 

239. What are the proceeds of a note for $426. 10, 
payable in 57 days, with interest at 6 per cent., dis- 
counted at bank for 6 per cent? 

240. If $400, at 7 per cent. , in 9 mo. , produce $21 
interest, what will be the interest on $360, for 8 mo., 
at 6 per cent ? 

(Solve by proportion.) 



ARITHMETIC. 21 



Examination XI, Feb. ii, '.8jo. 

241. Multiply twenty-nine million two thousand 
nine hundred and nine, by four hundred and four 
thousand. 

242. Divide 478656785178 by 56789. 

243. Prove that the quotient of 478656785178 di- 
vided by 5678 is 8428688f ff |f . 

244. A gem weighing 2 oz, 18 pwt. 12 gr. w^as sold 
for $1.37 per grain; what was the sum paid? 

245. Venus is at a certain time 3 S. 18° 45' 15" east 
of the sun; Mars, 7 S. 15° 36' 18" east of Yenus; Ju- 
piter, 5 S. 21° 38' 27" east of Mars: how far is Jupiter 
east of the sun? 

246. What is the least common multiple (or divi- 
dend) of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8? 

247. What is |- of y^j of f of f expressed in low- 
est terms? 

248. Add i of f to i- of yV- 

249. Divide 81^ by ^. 

250-. What is the greatest common divisor of f , 
5-6, and 1 1-8? 

251. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen 
millionths. 

252. What decimal fraction is equivalent to y^g ? 

353. Reduce 6 fur. 8 rd. to the decimal of a mile. 

254. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy 
expressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 

255. If $800 gain $32 in 8 mo., what is the rate 
per cent? 



22 THE regents' questions. 

256. If a man travels 117 miles in 15 days, employ- 
ing only 9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 
daj^s, travelling 12 hours a day? 

257. What is the square root of 9754.60423716? 

258. If the extremes are 11 and 74, and the com- 
mon difference 7, what is the sum of the series? 

• 259. A man having $10,000, lost 15 per cent, of 
it; what sum had he left? 

260. What is the interest of $850 for 1 year 7 mo. 
18 days, at 7 per cent? 

261. How long must $165 be on interest at 6 per 
cent, to gain $14.85? 

262. What is the present worth of $477.71, due 4 
years hence, discounted at 6 per cent? 

263. What is the present worth of a note for $875. - 
35, payable in 7 mo. and 15 dnjs, discounted at bank 
at 7 per cent? 

264. If 29 lb. of butter will purchase 40 lb. of 
cheese, how many pounds of butter Avill buy 79 lb. 
of cheese? 



Examination XII. June g, iSyo. 



265. Numerate, read or express in words 8096392- 
702. 

\ 00 GO OD CO -f O CC' X' t- O 

266. Find the sum of 4 1:^ ^ g § g ^E § ^ ^ '^ 






1 T-( '^ 

267. 2579584239456—249187654116=? 

268. Multiply four hundred and sixty-two thou- 
sand six hundred and nine, by itself. 



ARITHMETIC. 23 



269. Divide 1521808704 by 6503456. 

270. If the remainder is 17, tlie quotient 610, and 
tlie dividend 45767, what is the divisor? 

271. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 

272. Find the greatest common divisor of 285 and 
465. 

273. What is the least common multiple, or divi- 
dend, of 16, 40, 96, and 105? 

274. In 4 da. 4 hr. 45 min., how many seconds? 

275. Reduce i, h h h h T' i- h to equivalent 
fractions having the least common denominator. 

276. Reduce 4 oz. 6 pwt. 9f gr. to the fraction of a 
pound. 

277 . How man)?^ sq. ft. in the four side w^alls of a 
room 16i ft. long, 15 ft. wide, and 9 ft. high? 

278. The product of three numbers f ; two of the 
umbers are 2^ and | : what is the third ? 

279. Add together 423 ten-millionths, 63 thous- 
andths, 25 hundredths, 4 tenths, and 56 ten-thou- 
sandths. 

280. What cost 5 T. 17 cwt. 20 lb. of hay, at 
$30.50 per ton? 

281. Reduce 10 oz. 13 pwt. 9 gr. to the decimal of 
a pound Troy. 

282. Divide 0.01654144 by 0.0018. 

283. One acre of corn yields 80 bushels, another 
acre 20 per cent, more; how many bushels does the 
second acre yield? 

284. What is the amount of |794 for 4 years and 
4 months, at 7 per cent? 

285. What is the bank discount of |600 for 3 mo. 
at 6 percent? 



24 THE regents' questions. 

283. If x^e of a skip cost £273 2s. 6d., what will 
•/g cost? 

287. If $200 gain $12 in one year, what will $400 
gain in 9 months? 

288. Find the square root of 414? 



Examination XIII. JVov. u^ i8yo. 

289. Write in figures each of the following num- 
bers, add them, and express in words (or numerate) 
their sum : fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thou- 
sandths; nineteen, and nineteen hundredths; fifty- 
seven, and forty-eight ten-thousandths ; twenty-three 
thousand five, and four-tenths, and fourteenth mil- 
lionths. 

290. What is the difference between Sf plus 71 
and 4 plus 2f ? 

291. In multiplying by more than one figure, 
where is the first figure in each partial product writ- 
ten, and why is it so written ? 

292. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the 
remainder 11, what is the dividend? 

293. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. di- 
vided by 12? 

294. Which one of the fundamental operations (or 
ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction 
ascending? 

295. In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what 
weight would each be weighed ? 

296. Which is the largest prime number below 
100? 



ARITHMETIC. 35 



297. How many weeks in 8568456 minutes? 

298. To what term in division does the value of a 
common fraction correspond ? 

299. Wliat is the product of a fraction multi- 
plied by its denominator ? Give an example. 

300. What is the rule for the multiplication of 
decimals ? 

301. How is a common fraction reduced to the 
decimal form ? Give an example. 

302. What is ratio and how may it be expressed? 
Illustrate by one or more examples. 

303. If 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost $217.83, what 
Mill 119 T. 1 qr. 101b. cost? 

304. Find the cost of the several articles, and the 
amount of the following bill : 

Albany, October 1, 1870. 
A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. 
To 16750 feet of boards at $12,50 per M., - 

" 1750 " " 24.00 

" 3500 " " 25.00 



Received payment, $ 
Samuel Palmer. 

305. What is the length of the side of a cubical 
box which contains 389017 solid inches? 

306. What is the present worth of the following 
note discounted at bank, and when will it become 
due? 

$100. Utica, October 11, 1870. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I 
promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hun- 
dred dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. 

John Brown. 



26 THE regents' questions. 

307. Involve f to the 7tli power. 

308. What is the square root of .0043046721? 

309. Sold 9 I cwt. of sugar at $8^ per cwt., and 
thereby lost 12 per cent. : liow much was the whole 
cost? 

310. A person owned f of a mine and sold f of his 
interest for $1,710: what w^as the value of the entire 
mine? 

311. When it is 2 h. 36' a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18" 24' east, Avhat is tlie time at 
Cape Horn, in latitude 67° 21' west? 

312. What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. 
of potash at |53.80 per ton? 



Examination XIV . Feb. 2f>, iSji. 

313. Express in words the number 42.567000129301. 

314. Multiply five himdred and fort)' thousand six 
hundred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

315. Give the rule for reduction descending. 

316. Plow many steps of two and one-half feet 
each, would a man take in walking a mile? 

317. How is a whole number reduced to a frac- 
tion of the same value having a given denomina- 
tor ? 

318. What is the value of f of f of ^ of ^ when 
reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terras ' 

319. Give the rule for reducing several fractions 
to equivalent fractions having tlie least common 
denominator. 



ARITHMETIC. 27 



320. Add 3g- to 4|i 

321. Write iu figures, two and six liundred-mil- 
liontlis. 

322. Reduce -^^-g to the equivalent decimal form. 

323. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three- 
hundred and five millionths. 

324. Divide ,5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17*. 

325. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the ante- 
cedent 90; what is the conseciuent? 

326. Find the value of the omitted term in the fol- 
lowing proportion : 

$4: (?) : : 9 : 16. 

327. If 56 lb. of butter cost $15.68, what will 
.078 of a ton cost? 

828. If 96 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, 
how many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters? 

329. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 
at simple interest : what was the rate per cent ? 

330. What is the interest of $14,281.50 from June 
15, 1865, to April 30, 1870, at 8 percent? 

331. What is the value of a pile of wood 34 ft.- 
long, 3 ft. wide and 5i ft. high, at $7.88 per cord? 

382. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 
feet square, with carpeting f yd. wide, at $1.50 
per yard? 

883. The difference in the local time of two places 
is 2h, 18m. : what is the difference in longitude? 

334. 38 is2f per cent, of what number? 

385. What is the length in rods of each side of a 
square field which contains 66 A. 1 R. 9 sq. rd. ? 

886. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is dis- 
counted at bank at 6 per cent ; what are the proceeds? 



28 THE EEGEXTS' QUESTIONS. 

Examination XV. June S, 18 ji. 

337. Arrange the following numbers as required 
for addition, and tind their sum: 70100.3042875; 20- 
514471; 641077.21875: 2564308.875: 320538.609375; 
10257235+ ; 1282154.4375; 90169.0004: 5128617.75; 
160269.3046875. 

338. What special name or names are given to 
the period (. ), as an arithmetical sign; and what is 
its use in arithmetic ? 

339. What two denominations of currency are sep- 
arated and distinguished from each other by the 
period used as an arithmetical sign? 

340. Mention two or more arithmetical processes 
or rules in which "Pointing off into periods" is re- 
quired? 

341. Point off into periods and numerate 70100.- 
3042875. 

342. What arithmetical operation would change 
the value of 320538.609375 to 32.0538609375? 

343. Subtract 70100.3042875 from 10257235^. 
844. Multiply 1282154.4375 by 90169.0004. 

345. Divide 10257235^ by 641077.21875, and indi- 
cate hj the use of the proper arithmetical sign, 
whether the quotient is an integral, fractional or 
mixed number. 

346. Change the decimal part of 90169.0004 to the 
form of a common (or vulgar) fraction, and then re- 
duce it to its lowest terms. 

347. Find the prime factors of the integral part of 
70100.3042875. 



ARITHMETIC. 29 

348. Regarding 20514471 as so many square inches, 
how many square acres, roods, rods, feet and inches 
would be the equivalent of this expression? 

349. Regarding the fractional part of 2564308.875 
as the decimal of a pound avoirdupois, to how many 
ounces would it be equivalent? 

350. Represent the first four figures of 160269.- 
3046875 by the Roman notation. 

351 Copy tlie following bill of items, find the cost 
of each item, insert it in its proper place on the right, 
and find the total amount : 

Albany, May 30, 1871. 

Mr. J. B. WoODVfORTH, 

To A. & E. C. KooNZ, Dr. 

To 75 yds. carpeting, @ S2.50 $ 

"42 " drugget,'@1.87i 

" 6 mats, @ $3.25 

•' 18rug-s, @. $22.30 -_ 

" 81yds. oilcloth, @$1.10 

$ 
Received Payment, 

A. & E. C. KooNZ. 

352. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co., 
of New York, 5 reams of note paper, at |3. 25 per 
ream, 4,500 envelopes, at $4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of 
steel pens, at fl.12-^ per box; 6 French dictionaries, 
at |1. 50 each; and 3 photographic albums, at !|5.75 
each. Make out the bill in regular form. 

353. Suppose that the Messrs. Appleton consent to 
discount 12 per cent from a bill of $90,875, how 
much would the reciuired payment become ? 

354. Analyze (or explain in words the method of 
solving) the following example : ' If 6 men can do a 



30 THE I?EGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

piece of work in 10 days, how long will it take 5 
men to do it y 

355. Define l^atio. 

356. Define Proportion. 

357. Define Rule of Three. 

358. Solve the following example by the Rule of 
Three, ( or Proportion : ) 

If a railroad car goes 17 miles in 45 minutes, how 
far will itgo in 5 iiours at the same rate? 

359. J. Ayers had D. HoAve's.note for $1,728, 
dated Dec. 39, 1869; what will be the amount Oct. 9, 
1872, at 9 per cent? 

360. What principal will gain $5.11, in 3 jt. and 
6 mo. at 8 per cent? 



Examnaiion XV 1. J<Jcv. c^ i8ji. 



361. Express b}' figures the number : five trillions 
eighty billions nine millions and one. 

362. x\dd the following numbers : 

(^ Two hundred and ten thousand four hundred ; 
(~) One hundred thousand five hundred and ten ; 
(^) Ninety thousand six hundred and eleven; 
{^) Forty-two hundred and twenty-five; 
(^) Eight hundred and ten. 

363. Taking two hundred and ten thousand four 
hundred as a minuend, and one hundred thousand 
five hundred and ten as a remainder, what will the 
subtrahend be, expressed in words? 

364. What is the prorh.ijit of ninety thousand six 



ARITHMETIC. 31 



hundred and eleven, and fortj^ two hundred and 
twent}'- five? 

365. The quotient of one number divided by 
another is 37; the divisor, 246; the remainder, 230; 
what is the dividend? 

366. What is the greatest common divisor of 1649 
and 5423 ? 

367. What is the least common multiple (or divi- 
dend) of 21, 35 and 42? 

' 368. What is the. value of 6f divided by 8|- ? 

369. How many yards of cloth f of a yard wide 
are equivalent 'to 12 yards f yards wide ? 

370. Change f to an equivalent fraction having 91 
for its denominator. 

371. The difference between f and | of a number 
is 10 : what is that number ? 

372. What is the sum of ^, l^V, 10 1, and 5? 

373. What will 4868 bricks cost, at $4.75 per M.? 

374. An open court contains 40 square yards : how 
many stones, nine inches square, will be required to 
pave it? 

375. Change .0008 to a common fraction. 

376. Change -glo to a decimal. 

377. How many cords of wood could be piled in a 
shed 50 ft. long, 25 ft. wide and 10 ft. high? 

378. How many acres of city land at |2 per square 
foot, could be bought for a half million dollars? 

379. Change 10 oz. 13 pwt. 9 gr. to the decimal of 
a pound Troy. 

380. A man owning | of an iron foundry, sold 35 
per cent, of his share: what part did he still own? 



82 THE regents' questions. 

381. What will be the amount, at simple interest, 
of $35.61, from Nov. 11, 1869, to Dec. 15, 1871, at 6 
per cent? 

382. If the consecfuent he i, and the ratio f , what 
is the antecedent? 

383. At the rate of 9 yards for £5 12s. how many- 
yards of cloth can be bought for £44 16s? 

384. What is the square root of 576.02880036? 



Examination XVII. Feb. 27, 18 J2- 

385. Add seven hundred and four ; sixty thousand 
four hundred ; five million eight thousand and sixty ; 
912875; thirty thousand and forty-nine; seven hun- 
dred and seven thousand nine hundred and six. 

386. A. had $3,958, B. $1,463; A. lost $1,365, B. 
gained $1,165: w^hich then had the most, and how 
much? 

387. A peddler bought 491 yards of cloth at 81 cts. 
a yard ; he used 29 yards, and sold the rest at 95 cts. 
a yard : how much did he gain ? 

388. A city had $311,205 at the beginning of the 
year; the income of the year was $884,743, and ex- 
penses $896,756; what was the balance on hand at 
the end of the year ? 

389. A man exchanged 159 cords of wood at $5 a 
cord, for a horse valued at $1 44, and the balance in 
sheep at $3 apiece : how many sheep did he receive ? 

390. How many pieces of muslin, each containing 
33 yards, must be sold at 14ct. 5m. a yard to realize 
$1,339.80? 



ARITHMETIC. 33 



391. How many sq. yd. of paving in a street are 
there, 2700ft. long and 40ft. wide? 

392. At noon on Ttiursday, a sliip was in north 
latitude 28^ 15' 35" ; it then sailed north till Saturday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock, when it was in north latitude 
41° 34' 35": what was its average motion per hour, in. 
geographical miles ? 

393. i of ^\ of H of f of f of 20f = ? 

394. Sold a team for $i83i, losing $24^: for how 
much should I have sold it to gain $d9^^ ? 

395. A man having 105| A. of land, exchanged ^ 
of it for wood, at the rate of 10^ C. per A. : how 
many C. did he receive ? 

396. Multiply the quotient of 14f, divided by 6f, 
By the quotient of 5f divided hj '7j\. 

397. Eeduce 9000000 in. to mi. 

398. What is the cost of a field 77 rd. long and 41 
rd. wide, at $17.60 an A.? 

399. If 4.2 yd. of cloth cost $15, what will 8 yd. 3 
qr, cost? 

400. If a loaf weighing 12| oz. is worth 2 cts., 
when flour is $4 a bbl,, what is the value of a loaf 
weighing 10| oz., when flour is $6| a bbl. ? 

401. A man bought 350 A. of land for $40 an acre, 
and sold a part for $2,240, at the same rate : what per 
cent, of the land did he sell? 

402. At 6 per cent., what is the interest of $720 for 
3 yrs. 4 mo. 16 da. ? 

403. Sold 50 bbl. of wine, each containing 31 gal. 
2qt., at $2.40 a gal., receiving a note at 90 days 
without grace : what would be the proceeds of this 
note, discounted at 7^ per cent? 



"Si THE regents' questions. 

404. A. , B. and C. bought a horse for $100 and 
sold him for $150, by which A. gained $18 and B. 
$19 : how much had each paid for the horse 'i 

405. A man had a yard 38 ft. long and 27 ft. wide : 
he reserved two grass plats each 8 ft. square, and 
had the rest paved with stone, at 45 cts. a sq. yd. : 
what did the paving cost ? 

406. The product of two equal factors is 34335: 
what is each factor? . 

407. Find the sum of 10 terms of the geometric 
series, 3, 6, 12, etc. 

408. If January 1st is Sunday, how much can a 
man earn in the first three months of a leap year, at 
$1.25 per day, not working Sundays? » 



Examination XV 111. June 6, i8y2. 

409. If the minuend be 69 trillion and the differ- 
ence 85 billion, what is the subtrahend? 

410. If 892 is one factor, and 28544 the product, 
what is the other factor ? 

411. Resolve 180 into its prime factors. 

412. Find the greatest common divisor of 223 and 
564. 

413. Reduce 8692 to a fraction whose denominator 
is 25. 

414. What cost 5| cords of wood at $7.56 a cord? 

415. f of it divided by ^-^ of f of f = ? 



ARITHMETIC. 35 



416. A body of 4800 troops lias ^ as many cavalry 
as infantry : what is the number of infantry ? 

417. b{x2%X7j\-^? 

418. The product of three numbers is 141 ; two of 
them are 8f- and Qj\: what is the third ? 

419. Reduce 2 m. 5 f . 18 r. 4 yd. 2 ft. to inches. 

420. What would be the cost of enough oil cloth 
to cover a room 12x16^ feet, at 75 cts. per sq. yd. ? 

421. At $198 per lb., what would be the cost of 10 
oz. 10 pwt. 10 gr. of gold? 

422. What is the difference in time of two places 
whose longitudes differ 7 degrees, 8 minutes and 4 
seconds ? 

423. Write in figures (the fractional part as decimal) 
the number: seven millions and one ten-millionth. 

424. 49.2654756 divided by .0750=? 

425. Reduce .8975 of a week, to whole numbers of 
lower denominations. 

426. What is the amount of $1,000 for7yr. 10 mo. 
18 da., at 6 per cent., simple interest? 

427. What is the present worth of $1,609.30 for 10 
mo. 24 d., discounted at 5 per cent? 

428. For what must apples, which cost $1.25, be 
sold to gain 20 per cent? 

429. If $800 yield $56 interest in a certain time, 
what will $390 yield at the same rate ? 

430. If a 3-cent loaf weigh 2 oz. , when flour is 
$7.50 per bbl., what should a 12 cent loaf w^eigh when 
flour is $16 per barrel? 

481 . What number expresses the difference between 
the square and the cube of 24? 

432. What is the square root of 258009? 



36 THE regents' questions. 

Examinatiofi XIX. JIov. 7^ i8j2. 

433. Write in figures: twenty quintillions two 
hundred and seven billions six hundred millions six 
thousand and fifty-nine. 

434. Express in words: 224000000600317010. 

435. Add 100375, 406780, 4673005, 4112, 18365791, 
2478, and 164357. 

436. Find the sum (in Roman notation) of LXVI, 
MDXIX, CCIV, XVIII. 

437. The factors of a certain number are 53, 7, 5,. 
and 107: what is that number? 

438. 246515999541 divided by 28653=what? 

439. What are the prime factors of 6006 ? 

440. What is the greatest common divisor of 2268 
and 344? 

441. Find the least common multiple of the 9 
digits. 

442. Reduce t, -j^, i, and 2^, to equivalent num- 
bers having the least common denominator. 

443. What would be the whole cost of four fields, 
containing respectively, 4i, 2+, 3f, and l^f acres, at 
$25 an acre ? 

444. Reduce f XiXf XxxXliXf Xf, to a single 
fraction of the lowest terms. 

445. If a man makes $1|^ on the sale of one table, 
how many tables must he sell to make $271 ? 

446. A. Barnes, of Lee, sold B. Brown the follow- 
ing articles: April 1, 1872, 24 yd. black silk, at 
$2.25 a yd. ; April 3, 2 pieces calico, 40 yds. each, at 
30 c. a yd. ; May 2, 4 dress patterns, at $6.75 a pat- 
tern; May 9, 22i yd. linen, at $1.12 a yd. Brown 



ARITHMETIC. 37 



paid $65 on account. Make out liis bill in proper 
form, showing balance due. 

447. At 35 c. per sq. jd., what would it cost to 
plaster a wall 15 ft. high and 54 ft. long? 

448. How much wood in three piles, the first of 
which contains 10 cd. 6 cd.ft. 4 cu.ft., the second, 13 
cd. 12 cu.ft. ; the third, 17 cd. 1 cd.ft? 

449. Divide the sum of five thousand and two 
thousandths, by two hundredths. 

450. $10 is 12 per cent, of what number? 

451. What is the amount of $2,160 from March 10 
to Dec. 1, at 5 per cent? 

452. How much must be invested at 7 per cent, 
simple interest, to yield an annual income of $630? 

453. A note for $1,800, payable in 60 days, was 
discounted at bank at 6 per cent. : how much did the 
holder receive ? 

454. "What cost 9 hats, if 5 hats cost £4, 5s? 

455. If the wages of 6 men for 14 days are $126, 
what, at the same rate, would be the wages of 9 men 
for 16 days? 

456. Extract the square root of 6.5536, 



Examination XX. Feb. 2j^ ^Sj^. 

457. Write in words the number represented by 
the figures: 20463162486135. 

458. Express in figures : fifty-seven billions fifty- 
nine millions ninety thousand and forty-seven. 



38 THE regents' questions. 

4.'^>Q \ (1(1 ?t :r; GO O i-t' t-- O ^ CO O O IC GC O CO I 

T-( CI CO o I 

460. From 501505010678 take 794090589. 

461. 3Iultiply ninety thousand eight hundred and 
seven, by nine thousand one hundred and six. 

463. 18 A. R. 14 p. equal how many square 
feet? 

463. 31557600 seconds equal how many days? 

464. From 61 S. 15"^ 36' 15" take 53 S. 18^*50' 18"' 

465. If 84 loads of hay weigh 201 T. 6 cwt. qr. 
12 lb., what will 5 loads weigh? 

466. What are the prime factors of 19965 ? 

467. Find the least common multiple of 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7,8. 

468. Reduce f Xy^gX 1^X81X^*0 a simple frac- 
tion of the lowest terms. 

469. Reduce |, f , i, i, ^ and -^j to equivalent frac- 
tions having the least common denominator. 

470. What is the sum of f, |, |, and ^V? 

471. Divide 116f by 14^. (Give the answer as a 
mixed number, with its fraction of the lowest 
terms.) 

472. Reduce f of a grain to the fraction of a pound 
Troy. 

473. Paid $4,355.52 for 49f pieces of carpeting: 
what would 37f pieces cost, at the same rate? 

474. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen 
millionths. 

475. What decimal fraction is equivalent to xV- 

476. What is 5 per cent, of $789? 

477. What is the interest of $1,165.50, for 5 yr. 3 
mo. 9 d. at 7 per cent? 



ARITHMETIC. 39 



478. Wliat is tlie bank discount on $780 for 30 
days? 

479. If A. travels 117 miles in 15 (la.j8, employing^ 
9 hours a day, how far would he travel in 20 days, 
travelling 12 hours a day (at the same rate per hour)? 

480. What is the square root of 23804641 ? 



Exafnination XXL June ^, ^8yj. 

481. Write 1873 in Koman characters. 

482. y^h2i% is Notation? 

483. Write in words: 9008007006 

484. To what number must 962 oe added three 
times to make 8472 ? 

485. 19,843.621 plus $4,687.32 plus $84,321 plus 
$.07 plus $.64 plus $973,241 = ? 

486. Reduce 53684" to numbers of higher denomi- 
nations. 

487. Reduce .8975 of a week to whole numbers of 
lower denominations. 

488. What cost lOf tons of coal, at $7f a ton? 

489. 108-r-ifXT\-|-=? 

490. Find the least common multiple of 12, 16, 
and 28. 

491. Reduce ^f, |f, and 8f to the least common 
denominator. 

492. A cubic foot of granite weighs 163 lb. 5 oz. ; 
what is the weight of a block 3 ft. 2| in. long, 2 ft. 
4 in. wide, and 1 ft. 3 in. thick? 



40 THE regents' questions. 

493. How many linear yards of carpeting 1^ yd. 
wide will cover a floor 18 ft. square? 

• 494. When snow is uniforml}' 6 inches deep, how 
many cubic feet are there on one acre of land? 

495. Charles Fuller bought of James Monroe, at 
West Troy, K Y., May 4, 1873, 1 horse for $95, 3 
cows at $50 each, 1 wagon for $62, 2 shovels at $1.12 
each and 30 bushels of corn at $0.65 per bushel, pay- 
ing cash in full. Make the bill in due form. 

496. A cistern can be emptied by 7 pipes of equal 
capacit}^ in 35 minutes : in what time can it be emp- 
tied if only 5 pipes are open ? 

497. If 12 per cent, of $97.50 be lost, what amount 
will remain? 

498. What is the simple interest of $200 for 4 yr. 

6 mo. 3 d., at 7 per cent? 

499. Find the bank discount of $1,000 for 3 mo. at 

7 per cent. 

500. If 9 lb. of lead make 150 bullets, how many 
bullets can be made from 105 lb. ? 

(Solve by proportion and cancellation.) 

501. If the wages of 75 boys for 84 days were 
$68.75, how manj' days could 90 boys be employed at 
the same rate, for $41.25? 

(Solve by double proportion.) 

502. What is the difference between the square 
and the cube of 24? 

503. What is the square root of 253009? 

504. ^ of a number exceeds ^ of it by 20 : -what is 
that number? 



ARITHMETIC. 41 



Examination XXII . JVov. 6^ 1873- 

505. Find the sum f of 9f and | of 38|. 

506. Find the difference between 3|+7f and 4+2f . 

507. The product of three factors is 19^, and two 
of them are | and f: wliat is the otlier'? 

508. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17i. 

509. What is the value of 6f divided by 8|, as a 
simple fraction ? 

510. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy 
expressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 

511. Eeduce 4 da. 4 hr. 48 mi. to the decimal of a 
week. 

512. A person owned f of a mine and sold f of his 
interest for $1,710: what was the whole cost? 

513. Sold 9f cwt. of sugar at $8 per cwt.. and 
thereby lost 20 per cent: what was the whole cost? 

514. A man, owning ^ of a bank, sold 35 per cent, 
of. his share: what per cent, of the whole was left? 

515. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B.'s at 
|13, 550. A. 's tax \s $55. 35 : how much is B. 's ? 

516. How many acres could 10 men plough in 14 
hours if 7 men plough 6 acres in 12^ hours? 

517. What is the simple interest on $200 for 3 yr. 
10 mo. at 7 per cent? 

518. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $348.88, 
at simple interest ; what was the rate per cent ? 

519. What is the amount of $1,000 for 7 yr. 10 mo. 
18 da., at 6 per cent, simple interest? 

520. What sum, at 9 percent., simple interest, will 
amount to $286.00, in 3 yr. 4 mo. ? 



42 THE regents' questions; 

521. A note for $470.66, drawn at 60 days, is dis- 
counted at bank at 6 per cent: what are the proceeds? 

522. TVhat is the amount of |50, at compound in- 
terest for 3 yr. at 8 per cent., interest payable half- 
yearly ? 

523. J. Ayres has D. Howe's note for $1,728, 
dated Dec. 29, 1869: what was the amount Oct. 9, 
1873, at 9 per cent., with interest from date? 

524. What is the value in currency" of $865 in gold, 
when the latter is selling at 107 per cent. ? 

525. 'How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold 
being at 111? 

526. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co. 
of New York, 5 reams of note paper, at !|3.25 per 
ream; 4,500 envelopes, at $4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of 
steel pens, at $1.12i per box; 6 French dictionaries, 
at $1.50 each; and 3 photographic albums, at $5.75 
each. Make a bill for D. Appleton & Co., against 
yourself, in regular form. 

527. A man had a yard 38ft. long and 27 ft. wide; 
he reserved two grass plats, each 8 ft. square, and 
had the rest paved with stone, at 45cts. a sq. yd. : ■ 
what did the paving cost? 

528. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. 
long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at $0.25 a cubic 
yard ? 



Examination XXIII. Feb. 26^18^4. 

529. Find the smallest number which will exactly 
contain 9, 15, 18, 20. 



ARITHMETIC. 43 



530. If 5 be added to each term of tlie fraction f , 
by what number will its value be diminished? 

531. If .0001 is the dividend, and 1.25 the divisor, 
what is the quotient? 

532. . What will 28 sq. yd., 129 sq. ft. of land cost 
at 12 cts. per sq. ft. ? 

533. What is, the cost of 4,565 ft. of joist, at $23 
per M., and 13,640 ft. of boards at $53.55 per M. ? 

534. If 32|- sq. yd. of carpeting will cover a floor 
14 ft, wide, what is the length of the floor? 

535. If a load of wood is 8 ft. long and 3 ft. wide,, 
how high must it be to contain a cord? 

536. What decimal of a short ton is f of an oz. ? 

537. 20004+(20.104x5.07)-(6.44--.0005)=? 

538. What part of 2f is (f of f of f-r-f)? 

539. Reduce . 3945 of a day to lower denomina- 
tions. 

540. An agent received $67. 50 for collecting $4, 500 : 
what was the rate per cent, of his commission ? 

541. How many cubic ft. in a rectangular beam^ 
24 ft. 6 in. long, 1 ft. 9 in, wide, and 1 ft. 2i in. 
thick? 

542. How much shall I gain by borrowing $3,560 
or 1 yr. 6 mo. 10 da., at 6 per cent., and lending it 
at 7 per cent, for the same length of time ? 

543. What is the amount of $1,450.40 from April 
19, 1872, to August 3, 1873, at 6 per cent? 

544. What is the difference between the greatest 
common divisor of 30 and 42, and their least com- 
mon multiple? 

545. A 63 gal. cask is f full of wine: if 27.625 gal. 



44 THE regents' questions. 

should leak out, the wine remaining will be what 
decimal part of the full cask? 

546. James Rilej^ & Co. bought, July 7, 1873, of 
Joseph HeiT, Trenton, N. J., lo tons of coal at $6.50 
per ton; 19 tons of coal at $8. 25 per ton; and 14^ cords 
of wood at ^5.20 per cord. Make a bill of the pur- 
chase, and receipt it for Joseph Herr. 

547. How much must be paid for 41 gal. 2 qt. If pt. 
of molasses, at 72 cts. a gal. ? 

548. If H of a ton of hay cost |18.50, how much 
will two loads cost, one weighing f of a ton, and 
the other ^ of a ton ? 

549. What is the difference between the true and 
the bank discount of $300, for 3 months, at 8 per 
cent? 

550. What princi}Tnl on interest at 7 per cent. , from 
April 9, 1871, to Sept. 5, 1873, will amount to $1,- 
477.59? 

551. The difference between the interest of $600, 
and that of $750, at 5 per cent, for a certain time, is 
$18.75. What is the time? 

552. If 18 men can dig a trench 30 jd. long in 24 
da. , by working 8 hr. a day, how many men can dig 
a trench 60 yd. long, in 64 da. , working 6 hours a 
day? 



Examination XXIV. June 4, 18"] 4: 

558. What is the sum of 3912, 400005, 631f, 736863, 
,000803, 60708010, 4 y^W and 290.68042? 
554. Subtract 4^ of 9f , from ^\- of 1514. 



ARITHMETIC. 45 



555. What will 250 miles of telegraph wire cost at 
3 cts. per ft. ? 

556. When it is noon at the Cape of Good Hope, 
in longitude 18 ° 24 ' east, what is the time at Cape 
Horn, in longitude 67° 21' west? 

557. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 ft. 
long, 41 ft. wide, and 6^ ft. high? 

558. Eequired the area in acres, etc., of a piece of 
land .5 of a mile long, and .3 of a mile broad. 

559. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. 
long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at|0.25 a cubic yd. ? 

560. i of a qr. is Avhat per cent, of f of a cwt. ? 

561. Reduce |Ib. Troy to units of lower denomin- 
ations. 

562. How much gold will -flOO currency buy, gold 
being at 113? 

563. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42, 
at simple interest: what was the rate per cent? 

564. What sum, at 7 per cent, simple interest, will 
amount to $221.07, in 3 yr. 4 mo. ? 

565. A note for $470.66, drawn at 60 days, is dis- 
counted at bank at 6 per cent. : wliat are the pro- 
ceeds? 

566. What is the amount of $50, for 2 yr., at 8 per 
cent, compound interest, payable half-yearly? 

567. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft., 
280 ft., 182ft., and 252ft., respectively. What is 
the greatest length of boards that I can use in fenc- 
ing it, without cutting any of them? 

568. A garden has 4 sides, respectively 168, 280, 
182, and 252 ft. long. Suppose that each board is 8 
in. wide, and that the fence is 5 boards high : how 



46 THE regents' questions. 

many sq. ft. of boards will it require to fence the 
garden ? 

569. Suppose that you sell to John Clarke, of New 
York„for cash, To yd. of carpet, $1.55 per yd. ; 30 
yd. drugget, at |1.30 per yd. ; 5 mats at |3.15 each, 
and 35 yd. of oil cloth, at $1.05 per yd. Make a re- 
ceipted bill of these articles, in regular form. 

570. What isthe valueof (fXf-h3f)-^f|? 

571. What is the least number that 8, 12 and 16 
will each divide without remainder? 

573. What Avill 11 lb. 4 oz. of tea cost, if 3 lb. 12 
oz. cost 13.50? 

(Solve by proportion.) 

573. If a man travels 107 miles in 15 days, em- 
plojing only 9 hours a da}^ how far would he go in 
20 days, travelling 12 hours a day, at the same rate 
per hour ? 

574. AYhat debt can be discharged in a year by 
weekly payments in arithmetical progression, the first 
being $24, and the last $1,224? 

575. What is the length, in feet and inches, of 
each side of a square carpet, made from 208A- yds. of 
Brussels carpeting,* f yd. wide? 

576. What is the length of the side of a cubical 
box which contains 389017 solid inches? 



ExaTnination XXV . J^fov, j^ iS'j4. 

577. Find the sum of the following numbers, ar- 
ranging them* properlv for addition: 14.2351; 651.- 
012; 2.219; .0374; .00146. 



ARITHMETIC, 47 

578. Multiplj' 4.44; 5.555; 6,23; .5. ' 

579. Divide 6.435945 by 4027.5. 

580. Find the sum of 16i |i, and f |-. 

581. Find the product of f f, -J, and /y. 

582. If 3f bu. of oats cost $2|, what will 2 bu. 
cost? 

583. Resolve 122, 850 into its prime factors. 

584. Find the greatest common divisor of 195, 
285, and 315. 

585. Find the least common multiple of 49, 14, 84, 
168 and 98. 

586. Sold 2,462 feet of boards, at | 7.25 per 1000 

600 " scantling, '' 11.75 " 1000 

" 10,12 " plank, " 1.25 " 100 

77 " hewn timber'' .15" foot 

Write a bill of the same and receipt it. The seller 

may be John Smith, and the buyer James Brown. 

587. What part of |- of a mile is 4f rods, expressed 
in decimals? 

588. The longitude of New York city is 73 ° 58 ' 
54.43"W. ; of Buffalo, 78 ° 53 ' 25 " W. What is the 
difference of time? 

589. Write the rule for multiplication of decimals. 

590. Write the rule for division of decimals. 

591. Define ratio, state how it may be expressed, 
what each term is called, and give an example. 

592. Th.Q ndiViiQ of 2^t'oportion. 

593. What is either extreme of a proportion equal 
to? What either mean? 

594. What is the simple interest on $2, 500 for 1 yr. 
8 mo. 12 da., at 7 per cent? 

595. A. has a note against B. for $1,728, payable 90 
days after date, without interest, which he gets dis- 



48 THE regents' questions. 

co\fflted at bank at the rate of 7 per cent. : what does 
he receive? 

596. Extract the square root of 1104601. 

597. If a man can do a piece of work in 20 days, 
working 10 hours a day, how long will it take him 
to do the same if he works 12 hours a day? 

(Solve by proportion.) 

598. A farmer puts a flock of sheep in three pas- 
tures ; in the first he puts ^ of his flock, in the second 
^, and in the third, 32 sheep. How many has he? 

(Solve by analysis.) 

599. Find 12 per cent, of I^V- 

600. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of 
muslin, each piece containing 21 yards, for 23 cents 
a yard: what is his commission at 2| per cent? 



Examination XXV L Feb. 2^, 76*75. 

601. The population of Me. is 627,413; of K H., 
301,471; of Vt., 300,187; of Mass., 1,240,499; of 
Conn., 410,749; of K I., 192,815. What is the aggre- 
gate population of tliese States? 

602. B. had $12,311; and after paying his debts, 
and giving away $2,108, he has $8,199 left. What 
was the amount of his debts? 

603. How many peaches in an orchard of 14 rows 
of trees, each row having 27 trees, and each tree 108 
peaches ? 

604. How many cheeses of 45 R). each, at 12 cts. 



ARITHMETIC. 4& 



per Itt., will pay for 15 bbl. of apples, each contain- 
ing 3 bu. , at 84 cts per bu. ? 

605. Add 8,^,11, and ff. 

606. What cost dS^Yb of tea, at 93| cts. per Tb ? 

607. 100 §^--661-=? 

608. Write as a decimal, and in words, x¥ff§o ¥• 

609. 6.43875^4027.5=? 

610. Anna Lee buys of Eva Cole, for cash, 18 yd. 
of calico, at 12^ cts. per yd. ; 12 yd. muslin, at 17 cts. ; 
2i yd. linen at 74 cts. ; and 9 spools thread, at 7 cts. 
Make a bill in due form. 

611. What decimal part of a mile is 74 rd. 5 yd. ? 

612. The circumference of 1 carriage wheel is 13 
ft. 9 in., and that of another is 16 ft. 6 in. How 
many more times will one turn than the other, in go- 
ing 30 miles? 

613. What cost 8,824 Yb. of hay, at $15 per ton? 

614. The means and one extreme of a proportion 
being given, how may the other extreme be found ? 

615. The extremes and one mean being given, how 
may the ot?ier mean be found? 

616. Give an example of a proportion in which the 
means and one extreme are given, and solve it, 

617. Give an example of a proportion in which the 
extremes and one mean are given, and solve it. 

618. If 20 yd. of cloth f of a yd. wide are re- 
quired for a dress, what must be the width of a piece 
12 yd. long, to answer the same purpose? 

(Solve by proportion.) 

619. If a man can walk 250 mi. in 9 da. of 12hr. each, 
how many da. of 10 hr. each would he spend in walk- 
ing 400 mi. ? (Solve by double proportion.) 



50 THE regents' questions. 

620. A boy bought eggs at the rate of 3 for 5 cts. , 
and sold them at the rate of 4 for 7 cts. , clearing 9 
cts. : how many did he buy? 

(Solve bj^ analysis.) 

621. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of 
cloth for $30 a piece, and paid the owner $14,700: 
what was the rate of his commission? 

622. A store was insured for $12,000 at the rate of | 
per cent., and the goods for $15,000, at 1^ per cent: 
what was the entire premium? 

623. What will be the proceeds of a note for $1,000, 
withovit interest, paj'able at bank in 60 days, at 6 per 
cent? 

624. A man being asked his age, replied, if you 
add to its half, its third and three times three, the 
sum will be 130: what was his age? 



Examination XXVII. June ^, i8y^. 

625. The quotient is 71, the divisor 42, and the re- 
mainder 15: what is the dividend? 

626. What Avill be the cost of 2,760 R). of hay at 
$8.50 per ton? 

627. From 17i take f of 16i, and multiply the re- 
mainder by I-. 

628. A lady bought 6 silver spoons, each weigh- 
ing 3 oz. 3 pwt. 8 gr., at $2.25 an oz., and a gold 
chain weighing 14 pwt. at $1.25 a pwt. : what was 
the cost of both spoons and chain? 



ARITHMETIC. 51 



629. From 15 ten-thousandths take 27 millionths, 
and multiply the difference by 20.5. 

630. Reduce 6. 25 of a pound Troy to lower inte- 
gers. 

631. How many seconds are there in the three sum- 
mer months '? 

632. How many acres are there in a street 4 rods 
wide, and 2^ miles long? 

633. Reduce 4s. 6d. to the decimal of a £ sterling. 

634. A quantity of sugar was bought for $150, and 
sold for $167.50: what was the gain per cent? 

635. Mrs. C. B. Jones bought of Cole, Steel & Co., 
of Detroit, as follows: Nov. 12, 1874, 23 yd. calico, 
@ 16c. ; 45 yd. sheeting, @ 20c. ; Dec. 7, 12 yd. silk, 
@, $1.62i; 8 handkerchiefs, @ 45c.; 2 pairs kid 
gloves, @ $1.87i. Make bill for Jan. 1, 1875, and 
receipt the same, as clerk of the firm. 

636. What is the interest of $125.50 for 7 mo. 10 
da. at 7 per cent? 

637. A note for $500, dated Oct. 8, 1873, and bear- 
ing interest at 9 per cent. , is endorsed as follows : 
Nov. 4,1874, $30; Jan. 30, 1875, $250. What will 
be due Julyl, 1875? 

638. What is the true discount on $236, due in 3 
years, at 6 per cent? 

639. What is the bank discount on $125 payable 
in 90 days, at 8 per cent? 

640. Two men divided a lot of w^ood costing $81, 
one taking 5^ cords, and the other the remaining 8 
cords: what must each pay? (Solve by analysis.) 

641. What is the square root of 416.16? 



52 . THE regents' questions. 

642. How many gallons of water will a cistern hold 
which is 7 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 11 ft. deep? 

643. A. can mow 2 acres in 3 days, and B. 5 acres 
in 6 days : in how many days can they together mow 
9 acres? 

644. A house valued at $3, 240 is insured for f of its 
value, at f per cent. : what is the premium ? 

645. How many bricks will it require to build a 
wall2rd. long, 6 ft. high, and 18 in. thick, each 
brick being 8 in. long, 4 in. wide, and 2^ in. thick? 

646. If the wages of 24 men for 4 days are $192, 
what will be the wages of 36 men for 3 days? 

(Solve by double proportion and cancellation.) 

647. At what rate per cent, will J§;311.o0 amount 
to $337.40 in 1 year. 4 mo.V 

648. What Mill it cost to ]s,y a pavement 36 ft. 
long, ;ind 9 ft. 6 in. wide, at 40 cts, a sq. yd. ? 



Examination XXV 111. jNov.4^ ^8y^. 

649. Express in words the number : 42567000129301. 

650. Multiply live hundred and forty thousand six 
hundred and nine, by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

651. Give the rule for reduction ascending (^. e. 
from lower to higher denominations), and state how 
this process chiefly differs from reduction descending. 

652. How many steps of two and one-half feet 
each, would a man take in walking five miles? 

653. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction 
of the same value, having a given denominator? 



ARITHMETIC. 53" 



654. What is the vahie of f of f of i of i, when 
reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

655. Give the rule for reducing several fractions 
to equivalent fractions, having the least common de- 
nominator. 

656. Add 3I-, 4f|-, and 51.652. (Express the frac- 
tional part of the sum as a decimal of three places.) 

657. Write in figures : two and six hundred-mil- 
lionths. 

658. Reduce ^g to the equivalent decimal form. 

659. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three- 
hundred-and-fi ve-millionths . 

660. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17i. 

661. If 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb. of coal cost $217.83, what 
will 119 T. 1 qr. 10 lb. cost? (First reduce qrs. and 
lbs. to the decimal of a ton; and then solve by pro- 
portion.) 

662. What is the square root of .0043046731 ? 

663. The roAio of two numbers and the consequent 
being given, what is the process for finding the 
antecedent (considering it as standing in the same re- 
lation to the consequent, as a numerator to its de- 
nominator?) 

664. Find the value of the omitted term in the 
following proportion : $4 : (?) : -.9 : 16. 

665. A note for $486, dated Sept. 7, 1873, was en- 
dorsed as follows : Received, March 22, 1874, $125; 
May 13, 1875, $120. What balance remained due at 
time of last payment, the rate being 6 per cent ? 

666. What is the length of the side of a cubical 
box which contains 103823 solid inches? 



54 THE REGEKTS' QUESTIONS. 

667. What are the proceeds of the following note 
discounted at hank, and when will it become due f 
$100. Utica, October 11, 1875. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I prom- 
ise to pay to the order of John Smith, One Hundred 
Dollars, at the Albany Cit}- Bank. John Jay. 

668. Involve f to the 5tli power 

669. Sold 9i cwt. sugar at $8i per cwt., and 
thereby lost 12 per cent: what w^as the first cost? 

670. A person owned f of a mine, and sold f of 
his interest for |1710 : what was the value of the 
entire mine? 

671. When it is 2 h. 36' a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18° 24' east, what is the time at 
Cape Horn, in longitude 67° 21' west? 

672. "What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. 
of potash, at $53. 80 per ton ? (First reduce the lower 
denominations to the decimal of a ton.) 



Examination XXIX. Feb. 24^ i8y6. 

673. Two men are 450 miles apart ; if they approach. 
each other, one traveling 30 miles a day and the oth- 
er 35 miles a day, how far apart will they be at the 
end of 6 days ? 

674. A. had $24, B. four times as much as A. less 
$16, and C. twice as much as A. and B. together 
plus $17: how much money had C. ? 

675. Give all the prime numbers below 20; and all 
the composite numbers between 20 and 40 inclusive. 



ARITHMETIC, 55 



676. What is the greatest common divisor of 144, 
216, and 648 ? 

677. Reduce to the simplest form, (20|-l-i of |) -r- 

678. The longitude of New York being 3" E. from 
the meridian of Washington, San Francisco 45' 25' 
W., what will be the time of day at New York, 
when it is noon at San Francisco ? 

679. 2 pk. 3 qt. 1.2 pt. is what decimal part of 20 
bu.? 

680. What will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 
21 ft. 6 in. wide, and 4 ft. deep, at $1.75 a cubic 
yard ? 

681. From 16 ten thousandths take 27 millionths, 
and multiply the difference by 20.5. 

682. Henry Smith bought of John Clarke, of Louis- 
ville, Ky., as follows: Dec. 10, 1875, 7 pair calf 
boots @ $5.75; 6 pair ladies' gaiters @ $3. 25; 10 pair 
children's shoes @ $1.75; Jan. 5, 1876, 12 pair coarse 
boots @ $3.12-i-. Make out and receipt the bill, as 
clerk of John Clarke. 

683. A clerk receiving a salary of $950, pays $275 
a year for board, $180 for clothing, and $150 for 
other expenses: what per cent, of his salary is left? 

684. Carriages costing $165 are sold at 18 per cent, 
profit: what is the gain on each carriage? 

685. A school house is insiu-ed at | per cent., 
and the premium was $93.60: for hoAv much is the 
house insured? 

686. If a man's pulse beat 300 times in 4 
minutes, how many times will it beat in 8 hours? 
{SolYe lo J proportion.) 



56 THE REOENTS' QUESTIONS. 



687. If it cost $84 to carpet a room 36 ft. long and 
21 feet wide, what will it cost to carpet a room 33 ft. 
long' and 27 ft. wide? (State and solve as a compour^d 
proportion.) 

688. At what date will a note for $300, given Jan. 
10, 1876, amount to $347.25, at 6 per cent, simple 
interest ? 

689. A note for $520, dated April 12, 1874, had the 
following endorsement: "Dec. 6, 1874, $120." 
What amount will be due May 1, 1876, at 9 percent., 
simple interest? 

690. What is the square root of 1040xV? 

691. A flag pole 180 ft. high casts a shadow 135 ft. 
in length : what is the distance from the top of the 
pole to the end of its shadow? 

692. A block of granite in the form of a cube 
contains 41063.625 cubic inches: what is the length 
of its edge? 



Examination XXX. June 8, i8j6. 

693. The Erie Railway is 460 miles long, and 
cost $65,000 a mile: if $9,645,635 had been paid, 
how much would remain unpaid? 

694. How many lb. of butter, at 33 cts a lb., can 
be bought for 55 ft. of tea, at 78 cts. aft.? 

695. What is the sum of twenty-nine and three 
tenths, four hundred and sixty-live, and two hundred 
and twenty-one thousandths ? (Give the answer in 
figures and also in words.) 



AKITHMETIC. 57 



696. If I own f of a farm, and sell | of my vShare 
for $2,300, what is the value of the whole farm at 
the same rate ? 

697. Find the factors of .035, and multiplj' .007<S53 
by these factors. 

698. Reduce 15 cwt. 3 qr. 2^ lb. to the decimal of 
a ton. 

. 699. Reduce 347-2560 to a decimal (of 9 places.) 

700. The four walls of a room are each 16 ft. in 
length and 9 ft. in height, and the ceiling is 16 ft. 
square: how much will it cost to plaster it, at 14cts. 
a sq. yd? 

701. A merchant, failing in trade, pays 65 cts. on 
each dollar owed; he owes A |2,750, and B. $1,975; 
how much does he pay each ? 

702. Paid $41.62i for a pile of wood, at the rate of 
$3.37i a cord: how much was there in the pile? 

• 703. A steamship, in crossing the Atlantic, has 
3,500 miles to go: if she sails 211 mi. 4 fur. 32 rd. a 
day, what distance, after 15 da., has she still to sail? 

704. How^ many sq. ft. are there in a board 17 ft. 
6 in. in length, and 1 ft. 7 in. in width? 

705. A pasture of a certain extent supplies 30 
horses for 28 days: how long will the pasture supply 
21 horses? (Solve by proportion.) 

706. If 4 bbl. of flour cost $34|, how much can 
be bought for $182? (Solve by analysis.) 

707. How much hay will 32 horses eat in 120 days, 
if 96 horses eat 3f T. in 7i weeks? (Solve by c<?w- 
po und p ropo rtio n . ) 

708. What is the simple interest of $2,594.20, for 
10 mo. 9 da. . at 7i per cent. ? 



58 THE regents' questions. 

709. What is the compound interest of |1,250, for 
2 yr. 3 mo. 24 da. , compounded annually, at 6 per 
cent? 

710. What is the hank discount on a note for 
f 556k 27, payahle in 60 days, discounted at 6 per 
cent. ? 

711. Two merchants entered into partnership. 
One puts in $5,000 and the other $2,000. The part- 
ner that puts in the less sum is to receive $300 extra 
from the proceeds for his superior knowledge of the 
business. They gain $4,725: what is the share of 
each ? 

712. What is the 3d power of 8.628? 



Examination XXXI . JVov. c, 18 j6. 

713. How man}^ figures are in each of the periods 
into which numbers are divided for reading? 

714. Name the first four periods of integers, and 
the first three orders (or places) of decimals. 

715. Write in figures the number: One million 
one thousand one hundred and one. 

716. Write in figures the numbers: Forty-seven, 
three hundred and fifty thousanths, forty-two mil 
lionths, two hundred and twenty-three billionths. 

717. Multiply 732.53 by 37.846. 

718. Divide 6052.74 by 4. 379. 

719. Bought a box of soap containing 70 lbs. 
Keeping it all summer, it dried away i, when I sold 



ARITHMETIC. 59 



it at 8|- cts. per pound. I gave 7 cts. per pound. 
Did I make or lose? How mucli? 

720. If 20 men require 7+ bbl. of flour for their 
subsistence five months, how much will 30 men re- 
quire for a year? 

721. What is the value of yV of tV of a vessel, if a 
person who owns j\ of it sells ^ of | of his share for 
$1,750? 

722. Write the following numbers in the decimal 
form, and then add them : 6^, 124-, 5f , 6f , f , f . 

723. Multipl}^ da. 15 hr. 13 m. 20 s. by 341. 

724. Allowing a person to perform a certain jour- 
ney in 13i days, by travelling 10 hours a day, in 
what time ought he to perform the journey if he 
travel Hi hours per day? 

725. What is the cost of a load of hay weighing 
1,875 lb., at $12.50 per ton (2000 lbs.)? 

726. What ought eggs to be per pound, when they 
are selling at ISf cts. per dozen, if they average 9^ 
eggs to a pound? 

727. How many cords in three piles of four ft. 
wood, the first 36 ft. long and 4 ft. high, the second 
42 ft. long and 5 ft high, and the third 20 ft. long 
and 6ft. high? 

728. What would it cost to enclose a square lot 
containing 160 acres, with a fence costing at the rate 
of $4 per rod? 

729. A note of $65.80, dated Feb. 20, 1868, and 
bearing interest at 7 per cent., was paid June 25, 
1870: what was the amount paid? 

730. What is the amount of $152 at semi-annual 



60 THE regents' QUE8TrONS. 

compound interest for 2 years, at 6 per cent, per 
annum? 

731. What is the annual premium on a policy 
which insures a house worth $12,000 for | its value, 
at i per cent. V 

732. Amount $102.81, on $74.50, at 10 per cent. 
What is the time? 



E xamination XXXII. March i, ^8jj, 

733. Name the first six periods in numeration. 

734. Express in figures ; one trillion six thousand. 

735. 1 million 400 thousand and 50+15 hundred+ 
35 thousand-(-120 thousand 6 hundred and 14=? 

736. The subtrahend is 2603.46, and the remainder 
is 72.804: what is the minuend? 

737. The factors of a number are 7300.96 and 
5.006: what is the number ? 

738. The dividend is 39314.76, and the quotient is 
7,071: what is the divisor? 

739. What operations may be performed on the 
terms of a fraction without altering its value ? 

740. If the numerator be equal to the denominator, 
what is the value of the fraction ? 

741. How does multiplying the numerator affect 
the value of a fraction ? 

742. How does multiplying the denominator affect 
the value of a fraction? 

743. Change 12J^ to an improper fraction. 

744. Reduce f of | of j^ of 15 17 to a simple frac- 
tion. 



ARITHMETIC. 61 



745. Multiply 8-15 of 12ihj 1-5 of 11. 

746. Divide f of li by f of i. 

747. In what terms of multiplication maj" equal- 
factors be cancelled ? 

748. In what terms in division may equal factors 
be cancelled? 

749-750. A note for $250, dated June 5, 1874, was 
paid Feb. 14, 1875, Mdth simple interest at 8 per cent. 
What was the' amount ? (Two credits. ) 

751. What is Ratio? 

752. How is Ratio expressed? 

753. What is Proportion? 

754. How is Proportion expressed?, 

755. What are the 1st and 3d terms of a Propor- 
tion called? 

756. What are the 2d and 4th terms of a* Propor- 
tion called? 

757. What are the extremes of a Proportion, and 
what the means? 

758. Given the means and one extreme of a Pro- 
portion, how may the other extreme be found? 

759. Given the first, second and fourth terms of a 
Proportion, how may the third be found? 

760. In the question: If 4 tons of coal cost 
$24, what will 12 tons cost, what is the given ratio? 

761. If 4 tons of coal cost $24, what will 12. 
tons cost? (Solve by proportion.) 

762. Change ^=h\ to the form of a proportion. 
763—764. Albany is 73° 44' 50" West Longitude : 

San Francisco is 122' 26' 45". When it is noon at 
Albany, what is the time at San Francisco? (Two. 
credits. ) 



63 THE regents' questions. 

765. What will $864.50 amount to in two years at 
8 per cent, compound interest? 

766. If 10 tons of hay will support 5 horses 8 mo. , 
how many horses will 18 tons support one year? 

(Solve by double proportion.) 

767. How many men will be required to build 32 
rods of wall in the same time that 5 men will build 
10 rods? (Solve by analysis.) 



Examination XXXIII. June j , 18 jy. 

768. What are the 3 terms in multiplication called? 

769. What are the 3 terms used in division called? 

770. What are the first and second terms in multi- 
plication taken together called ? 

771-772. To what terms in multiplication do the 
terms in division correspond ? 

773. How many partial products will there be, if 
the multiplier consists of several figures? 

774. Given 73654 a multiplicand, and 4365 a mul- 
tipliei", what is each successive multiplier, expressed 
in words ? 

775. Multiply 73564 by 4365, and express each par- 
tial product in iiwrds. 

776. Multiply 73654 by 4365, gi^-ing the entire 
work. 

777. To what, in division, does the numerator of 
a fraction correspond ? 

778 To what in division does the denominator of 
a fraction correspond? 



ARITHMETIC. 63 



779. If a cubic foot of limestone weigh 175 lbs., 
what is the weight of a cubic yard? 

780. What part of an acre is | of a square rod? 

781. Find the greatest common divisor of 72, 96, 
120, 384. 

782. Divide 6525 by 4.35. 

783. Add h h 4-13, 9-17. 

784. Find the product of 8-15x12 1-4x1-5x7^. 

785. Divide f of 2i by I of 3. 

786. Reduce to an equivalent decimal, 1-320 : 

787. If lOi cords of wood cost $34.12l, what will 
60f cords cost? (Solve by analysis.) 

788. How much carpeting f of a yard wide, is re- 
quired for a room 27 ft. 3 in. long and 22 ft. 6 in. 
wide ? 

789. In multiplication of decimals, how is the 
place of the decimal point in the product determined? 

790. In division, how is the place of the decimal 
point in the quotient determined? 

791. At 11.20 per gallon, what cost Ibbl. 15 gal. 3 
bt. of molasses? 

792. Reduce 28 rd. 4 yd. 2 ft. 10 in. to inches. 

793. What per cent, of $4 are 30 cents? 

794. Sold 160 acres of land for $4,563.20, which 
was 8 per cent, less than it cost ; what did it cost per 
acre? " 

795. What is the simple interest of $137.25 for 2 
yr. 7 mo. 14 da. at 7 per cent. ? 

796. A note for $250, dated June 5, 1874, was paid 
Feb. 14, 1875, with interest at 8 per cent. What was 
the amount f 



64 THE regents' questions, 

797. Bought two horses for $420, paying $48 more 
for one than the other. Find the price of each. 
. 798-799. Boston is 71° 4' 2" w. longitude, and 
Washington 77° 1' 30". Wlien it is noon at Boston, 
what is the time at Washington? (Two credits.) 

800. If 2875 A. 2 R. 16 rd. of land be laid out in 
the form of a s(juare, what will be the lengtli of each 
side? 

801. A. has $4,000, B. $2,700, C. $2,300 in a house 
renting for $720: Avhat is each man's share of rent? 

802. What is the present worth of $2,000 due in 3 
yr. 6 mo., with interest at 7 per cent.? 



Exainination XXXIV. INov. 8^ 18 j 



/ 



803. In the decimal notation, why is the nought (0) 
used, which of itself has no value? 

804. Why does (0) annexed to the decimal not 
change its value ? 

805. What is the differance between a common 
and decimal fraction? 

806. A man gave 503 acres of land to his sons, giv- 
ing them 83| acres each; hoAv many sons had he? 

807. AVhat is the value of a fraction multiplied by 
its denominator? 

808. If 14 acres of meadow yield 32|- tons of jiay, 
what Avill 5^ acres produce at the same rate? 

809. Change 4, 2.17, .186, and .0408 to equivalent 
decimals having a common denominator, (810.) 
Find their sum. 



ARITHMETIC, 65 



811-12. A fanner sold 300 bu, of oats at $0.45 a 
bu. aud 16f cords of wood at $3|- a cord. He re- 
ceived in payment 135 lb. of sugar at $0.13i a lb., 36 
lb. of tea at $i a lb. 6 bbl. of tlour at |8.3'7i a bbl., 
and the rest in cash. How much cash did he re- 
ceive ? 

813. Divide 100 by .001. 

814. What is the cost of 536720 bricks, at |8.75 per 
M.? 

815. How many coats can be made from 32.4 yds. 
of cloth, allowing 2.7 yds. for each coat? 

816. Find the prime factors of 2205. 

817. Divide 375287 by 46. 

818. Divide 375287 by 46, and write the several 
parts into which the dividend is separated in the 
process of division, each exactly containing the 
divisor. 

819. Divide 375287 by 46, and show that the sum 
of the parts into which the dividend is separated in 
the process of division, each exactly containing the 
divisor, with the remainder, (if any) equals the 
dividend. 

820. Divide 375287 by 46, and show that the sum 
of the several quotients obtained by dividing by the 
divisor each of the parts into which the dividend is 
divided in the process of division expresses the 
whole quotient. 

821. Find the greatest divisor in 72, 126, 216. 

822. What is Percentage? 

823. How may the percentage of a number be 
found ? 



66 THE regents' questions. 

824. Mention three arithmetical operations in 
which percentage is used. 

825. What is the interest on |4,010 for lyr. 1 mo. 
13 da. at 7 per cent, simple interest? 

826. What is the commission on the sale of a house 
for $9,346.80. at 6^ per cent. ? 

827. If $4.30 is paid for an insurance of $860, 
what is the rate ? 

828. In a proportion, the two extremes and one 
mean being given, how* may the other mean be found ? 

829. In what terms of a proportion may equal 
factors be cancelled ? 

830. If a man walk 192 mi. in 6 da., walking 8 h. a 
day, how far can he walk in 18 days, walking 6 h. a 
day? (Solve by compound proportion.) 

831. If 251 A. 65 P. of land are laid out in a form 
of a square, what will be the length of each side? 

832. How many sheets of tin each 14 X 22 in,, will 
it take to cover a roof. 30 ft. X 18 'ft. 4 in. ? 

833-837. At $0,36 per .sq. yd., for plastering, and 
$0.75 per roll for paper hanging, how much will it 
cost to plaster the walls and ceiling, and paper the 
walls of a room 18 X 16 X 9 ft., making allowance, 
in papering, for 2 Avindows, each 3X6 ft. , and 3 
doors, each 3X7 ft., the paper being 1 ft. 6 in. wide 
and 7 yd. in a roll? ( 2 credits for computing plas- 
tering surface correctly; 2 for papering; and one for 
cost.) 



Exa m inatioj-i XXX V. Feb. 2 8, 18 j8. 

838. How m.uiy pounds of tea, at 72 cents a pound, 



ARITHMETIC. 67 



would pay for 3 hogsheads of sugar, each weighing 
1464 pounds, at 15 cents a pound? 

839. A teamster agrees to cart 132 bbl. of flour for 
a merchant on Monday, 84 on Wednesday, and 108 
on Friday ; what is the largest number he can carry 
at a load, and yet have the same number in each? 

840. In f how many ninetj^'-eighths ? 

841. How many yards in three remnants of cloth 
containing respectively 2 J yd., 1 1-9 yd. and2f yd? 

842. The sum of two numbers is 59f, and the 
greater is 30f | : what is the other number ? 

843. Find the value of (2|- + 3f) X (8f — 4i). 

844. How many cords in a pile of wood 196 ft. 
long, 7 ft. 6 in. high, and 8 ft. wide? 

845. What will be the cost of removing the earth 
from the cellar of a house 48 ft. 9 in. long, 32 feet 
wide, and 9 feet deep, at $0.57 per cubic yard? (2 
credits : 1 for contents in cu. ft. ; 1 for cu. yds. and 
price.) 

847. A has 25 per cent, of his property invested in 
a house, 10 per cent, in a farm, 5 per cent, in a barn, 
and the rest in a grove worth $4,800, What is the 
amount of his property ? 

848. Bought a barrel of syrup for $20 ; what must 
I charge a gallon in order to gain 20 per cent, on the 
whole ? 

849. B. sends $6,897.12 to his agent in New Or- 
leans, requesting him to invest in cotton after deduct- 
ing his commission at 2 per cent. ; what was the sum 
invested? 

850. It costs me $72 annually to keep my house in. 
sured for $18,000; what is the rate? 



68 THE regents' questions, 

851. The difference iu the time of St, Petersburgh 
Washington is 7 hr. 9 min. 19^ sec. What is the dif- 
ference in the longitude of tlie two places? 

852. What is Insurance? 

853. What is tlie Policy? 

854. What is the Premium? 

855. A man bought a farm, giving a note for |3, 400, 
payable in gold in five years ; at the expiration of the 
time gold was 175 per cent. ; what did his farm cost 
in currency? 

856. Find the simple interest of $460.90 for 3 yr. 
5 mo. 13 da. at 3| per cent. 

857. C. bought a house for $3,486, which rents for 
$418.32. What rate per cent, does he make on the 
investment? 

858. Find the compound interest of $380.80 for 
one year at 8 per cent, interest payable quarterlp. 

859. What is True Discount? 

860. What is Bank Discount? 

861. What is the difference between the bank and 
true discount on $1,000 at 7 per cent., payable in 99 
daj^s? 

862. What are the terms of Ratio severally called? 

863. How is the ratio of two given numbers found? 

864. Reduce the ratio 65 : 85 to its simplest terms. 

865. Of how many ratios, at least, must a propor- 
tion consist? 

866. The average cost of keeping 25 soldiers one 
year is $3,000; what would it cost to keep 139 sol- 
diers 7 years? (Solve by proportion.) 

867. Find the square root of 466.489. 

868-69. A pile of cord wood is 256 ft, long, 8 ft. 



ARITHMETIC. 69 



high, and 16 ft. wide; what would be the length of 
each side of a cubical pile containing the same 
quantity? 



Examination XXXVI. June 6^ 18 y 8 

870. The Atlantic cable costs as follows: 2500 
miles at $485 per mi. ; 10 miles deep sea cable, @, 
11,450 per mi.-; 25 miles shore ends @ $1,250 per mi. 
What was the cost? 

871. What is the number which divided by 453 
gives the quotient 307, and the remainder 109? 

872. Which are the so called "Fundamental 
Rules" of Arithmetic? and (873), why are they so 
called? 

874. ^\\2it \^ ix. prime factor ? 

875. Find the prime factors of 2366. 

876. A man working for $2 a day, and paying $4 
a week for board, saved $72 in ten weeks. How 
many w^eek-days was he idle ? 

877. What is 2^, fractional unit? 

878. Reduce jt-, 7%, || and 41 to the least common 
denominator. 

879. From 28i|, subtract ?j^j. 

880. Divide -f-^ X 18-25 by i X I X t't X f | X 
51-72. 

881. Divide 46.1975 by 54.35. 

882. From a hogshead of molasses, 28 gal. 2 qt. 
were drawn ; what common fraction represents the 
part of a hhd. which remained? 



70 THE regents' questions. 

883. What decimal part of a fathom is 3| ft? 

884. If the consequent be 3i and the ratio 7, what 
is the antecedent? 

885. When are three numbers said to be propor- 
tional ? 

886. If a Avater pipe discharge 24 bbl. in 1 h. 14 
m., in what time will it discharge 54 bbl. ? (Solve by 
analysis.) 

887. What is the cube root of 19.54, carried to 4 
decimal places? 

888. If it cost 195.60 to carpet a room 24x18 ft. 
how much will the same kind of a carpet cost for a 
room 38 X 22 ft. ? (Solve by proportion. ) 

889. What sum of money is that of which, if 80 
per cent, be deposited in bank, and 20 per cent, of 
this deposit be drawn, there will remain $5,760 in 
bank? 

890. A lawyer collecting a note at a commission of 
8 per cent, thereon, received $6.80. What was the 
face of the note ? 

891. Bought stock at par, and sold it at 3 per cent, 
premium, thereb}' gaining $750 ; how many shares, 
of $100 each, did I buy?^ 

892. What is the amount of $16,941.20, for 1 yr. 7 
mo. 28 da. at 4f per cent, simple interest? 

893. An investment of $7,226.28 yields $744.7937, 
annuall}'^: what is the rate of interest? 

894. In what time will .|273.51 amount to $312,864, 
at 7 per cent, simple interest? 

895. What is the difference between the interest 
and the discount of $576, due 1 yr. 4 mo. hence, at 6 
per cent. ? 



ARITHMETIC. 71 



896. Three men gaiu |2,640, of which B. is to have 
$6 as often as C. |4 and A. $3; what is each one's 
share ? 

897. Find the square root of 10795.21. 

898. "What is the length of one side of a square 
piece of land containing 40 acres? 

899. How is the true discount of a note found? 

900. How is the bank discount of a note found? 

901. How is the* present worth of a note paj^'able at 
a future time without interest, found? 



Examination XXXVII . JIov. y^ i8j8. 

903. Write in figures : two hundred thousand two 
hundred. 

903. A man owns farms valued at $56,800; city- 
lots valued at $86,760; a house worth $13,500; and 
other property, $6, 785 ; what is the entire value of 
his property? 

904. Bought 335 loads of wheat, each load con- 
taining 50 bu. at $3 a l»u. What did the wheat 
cost? 

905. Find the greatest common divisor of 679 and 
1,869. 

906. Find thS least common multiple of 4, 16, 30, 
48, 60, and 73. 

907. What is the value of a fraction ? 

908. Find the value of 13-1350. 

909. If the divisor is less than a unit, how will the 
quotient compare with the dividend ? 



72 THE regents' questions, 

910. Divide 63 by ^V- 

911. Find the difference between the continued 
products of 3, |, f, ^, and 3^, |. 4, |. 

912. If 36.48 yd. of cloth cost $54.72, what will 
14.25 yd. cost? ' 

913. A goldsmith manufactured 1 lb. 1 pwt. 16 
gr. of gold into rings, each weighing 4 pwt. 20 gr. 
He sold the rings for $1.25 apiece; how much did he 
receive for them? 

914. How many times will a wheel 16 ft. 6 in. in 
circumference turn round in running 42 miles? 

915. What is the value of f of a hogshead, in in- 
tegers of low^er denominations? 

916. Washington is Tr 2' 48' west, and St. Peters- 
burgh 30' 19 east longitude; what is their difference 
of time? 

917. What is 9f per cent, of 275 miles? 

918. A man sends |3,246.20 to his agent in Boston, 
asking him to lay it out in shoes, after deducting his 
commission of 2 per cent. How much is his com- 
mission ? 

919. A gentleman has a house insured for $8,000, 
and the furniture for $4,000, at 2f per cent. : what 
premium must he pay? 

920. State the diffei-ence between percentage and 
interest. 

921. What is the interest of |1,500.60 for 2yr. 4 
mo. at 6i per cent. ? 

922. Y\n^ X\i^' amount of $387.20, from Jan. 1 to 
Oct. 20, 1878, at 7 per cent. 

923. A man was offered |3,675 in cash for his 
house, or $4,235 in three vears without interest; he 



ARITHMETIC. 73 



accepted the latter offer ; did he gain or lose, and how 
much, money being worth 7 per cent. ? 

924. What are the proceeds of a note for $368, at 
90 days, discounted at hank at 6 per cent. ? 

925. If 16 horses consume 128 bushels of oats in 
50 days, how many bushels will 5 horses consume in 
90 days? 

(Solve by Compound Proportion.) 

926. Will the cube of ^ be greater, or less, than 
that fraction, and why? 

927. What is the square root of .00008836? 

928. The pedestal of a certain monument is a cube, 
containing 373,248 solid inches; what is the length of 
one of its sides ? 

929. A. loaned $1,600, at 6 per cent., until it 
amounted to $2,000; what was the time? 



Exafninaiion XXXVIII. Feb. 2'j^i8yg. 

930-31. Write and define any four (or more) of 
the following terms: Notation; Roman Notation; 
Arabic Notation; Decimal Scale or System; Duo- 
decimals; Numerator; Quotient, (1 credit for 2,. 
and 2 for 4 or more correct answers.) 

932. Write 1879 according to the Roman Notation. 

933. Add the numbers: 1, 12, 123, 1234, 12345, 
123456, 1234567, 12345678, 123456789. 

934. Bought wheat at 94 cts, per bushel, to the 
amount of |59.22, and sold for $70.56; what was the 
selling price per bushel ? 



74 THE regents' questions. 



935. When are two numbers prime to ea';;li other? 
Gi\'^ two such numbers, each greater than fifty. 

936-937. Express the following numbers and pro- 
cesses, b}' the proper arithmetical signs, and find the 
result: The fraction whose numerator is 19 and de- 
nominator 760, being increased bj' -g%, and this sum 
multiplied by the square of 2, becomes a fraction, 
whose square is yV- (One credit for the expression, 
and one for the solution.) 

938-40. Reduce($37i— $13f)X(|of8)-2|. (One 
credit for each of the operations indicated by the 
signs-, X , -^ .) 

941. If 5 be added to both terms of the fraction |, 
will its value be increased or decreased, and how 
much ? 

942. Express the value of 501-1000000, without 
writing the denominator. 

943. On a railroad 57 mi. 133 rd. lU ft. long, 
there are 9 stations, including those at the two ends 
of the road. What is the average distance between 
the stations? 

944. If 6 men can Ijuild 73 ft. of wall 4 ft. high in 
5 days, how many feet can they Ijuild in 33 days? 

(Solve by propt)rtion.) 

945. A merchant sold 86.55 tons of coal at $5.24 
per ton; how much did he receive ($, cts., mills)? 

946. In selling 86. 55 tons of coal at $5.64 per ton, 
a merchant made ^100.63; how much did the coal 
cost him, per ton? 

947. A merchant sold 86.55 tons of coal at |5.24 a 
ton, gaining $100.63, what was his percentage of 
profit? 



ARITHMETIC. 75 



948. rind the difference of longitude between Con- 
stantinople, 28= 59 E., and Boston, 71' 3' 30" W. 

949. When it is 12 m. at Constantinople, 28' 59 ' E., 
what time a. m. or r. m. is it at Boston, 71' 3' 30" W? 

950. On what month and day will the following 

be due : 

Albany, Feb. 13, 1879. 

Sixt}^ days after date, for value received, I promise 

to pay John Adams, or order, three hundred and 

seven -^-^^ dollars, at the Alljan}' City National Bank. 

$307y%\. Thomas Jefferson. 

951. What would be the rate per cent, of interest 
or discount on a note given and payable in this State, 
no rate being expressed? 

952. What would be the proceeds of a note at 60 
days for |307j',fn, discounted at bank on the same 
day that it was made? 

953. Find the present worth of $890, due in 1 yr. 
6 mo., without interest, allowino- 8 per cent, dis- 

' ^ m 

count ? 

954. How would 7x7x7x7x7x7x7x7x7 be 
written, according to the notation used in Involution? 

955. Perform the operations indicated as follows: 



I 558009-^ 1 1117=? 

' ' IT ay 

956. A certain room is 27 ft. long, 18 ft. wide, and 
10 ft. high. How many pieces of paper i yd. wide 
(9 yds. in a piece) will the side walls require, no al- 
lowance being made for doors, Avindows, etc. ? 

957. How many \-ards of carpeting, f yd. wide, 
would be needed for a room 18 X 27 ft? 



76 THE regents' questions. 



Examination XXXIX. June.^^ ^Sjg. 

958. In multiplication, whicli factor must be an 
abstract number, or used as such ? 

959. How many times is 4^0 contained in 6,000? 

960. The subtrahend being 14|^, the minuend 
154-5, find the remainder. 

961. How many square feet in a piece of land, 13 
rods square? 

962. If I buy stocks at 10 per cent, below par and 
sell at 10 per cent, premium, what per cent, do I 
gain on my first investment? 

963. Find the interest on $5,500 for 1 yr. 6 mo. 9 
da. at 6 per cent. 

964. When it is noon on the prime meridian, where 
will it be 9-^ o'clock a. m. ? 

965. What will 7,580 bricks cost, at $3.50 per M. ? 

966. What is the difference between common and 
decimal fractions? 

• 967. Divide fifteen thousandths by five ten-mil- 
lionths. 

968. Find the UTcatest -common divisor of 153 and 
187. 

969. Find the least common multiple (or dividend) 
of tlie same numbers. 

970. A celler is to be dug 30 ft. long and 20 ft. wide : 
at what average depth will 50 cubic yards of earth 
have been removed? 

971. A. B. and C. trade together. A. puts in $1,000 
for 10 months, B. $800 for 12 montlis, C. $900 for 14 
months. They gain $1,200. What is the share of 
each? 



ARITHMETIC. 77 



972. What is the square root of a number? 

973. Find the sum of the composite mimbers be- 
low 47. 

974. Name the 4th decimal order. 

975. Change .03125 to a common fraction, in its 
loicest terms. 

976. If 3i cords of wood cost |11.37i, Mdiat will 
13^ cords cost? (Solve by Proportion.) 

977. John Brown bought of James Eay, on May 
20, 1879, 2i yards broadcloth, at $3.50 a yard, 2 pairs 
gloves at $1.87^ a pair, 19 yards silk, at $1.75 a yard, 
and 33 yards sheeting, at 9 cents a j^ard. Make a 
bill in proper form and receipt it, as clerk. 

978. How many rods of fence will be required to 
inclose a square field containing 90 acres? 

979. What will be the cost of 4 lb. 5 oz. 6 pwt. of 
gold dust, at 75 cts. per pwt. ? 

980. Give the rule for extraction of square root. 

981. Give the table of linear (or long) measure. 

982. A coal dealer bought 300 long tons of coal at 
$3.75 a ton, and sold it at $4.60 per short ton. What 
was the total profit? 

983. What is the rate per cent, of profit in selling 
300 long tons of coal, bought at $3.75 a ton, at $4.60 
a short ton? 

984. What would be the proceeds of the following 

note discounted at bank on the day that it was 

made : 

Buffalo, May 20, 1879. 
Thirty days after date, for value received, I prom- 
ise to pay to the order of John Young, one hundred 
and five j^^,- dollars, at the Marine Bank. 

$105-1^"^. ICHABOD CkANE. 



78 THE regents' questions. 

985. On what montli and day must a note for 30 
days, dated 3Iay 20, 1879, be paid, or in default of 
payment, be protested? 



Examinaiion XL. jNov. 6, i8jg. 

986. What number divided by 453 gives 307 as a 
quotient, and 109 as a remainder? 

987. How does a divisor of a number differ from 
a multiple of that number? 

988. Find the greatest common divisor of 56, 140, 
182, and 98. 

989. What are the prime factors of 11970 ? 

990. Explain the principle (not process) of cancel- 
lation, and illustrate by an example. 

991. What change do w^e make in the value of a 
fraction if we take the same number of parts but di-. 
minish their size? 

992. 3050-5940=17-33. Why? 

993. Prove that .625 =f. 

994. A vat 13 ft. square contains 1224 cu. ft. How 
deep is it? 

995. Change .0000625 mi. to decimal of a foot. 

996. (24 X f or 7) X (f of 3 X A) = what? 

997. The volume of a cube contains 91125 cu. ft. 
What is the length of each edge of the cube? 

998. How many sq. ft. in the entire surface of a 
cube, each edge of Avhich is 75 ft. ? 

999. I have an acre of land in shape of a rectangle, 
one side of which is 9 rods in length. What is the 
length of the other side? 



ARITHMETIC. 79 



1001. Tlie time at a certain place is 16 h. 10 m. 
earlier than at Greenwich. Give the longitude of 
the place. 

1002. I have a rectangular field which measures 
25 rods by 10 rods. At $0.40 per yard, what will be 
the cost of boundary fences for the entire field? 

1003. What will be the total cost, at the same rate 
as in Q. 1002, of cross fences to divide the same field 
into lots 5 rods square? Make a small diagram of 
the field and its subdivisions. 

1004. In a school of 300 pupils, the boys are to the 
girls in the ratio of 13 to 17; required the number 
of each. 

1005. If I sell goods at one-half their cost, what 
per cent do I lose, and if at double their cost, what 
per cent do I gain? 

1006. If 18 men can dig a trench 30 yd. long in 5 
da. of 8 h. each, in how many days of 10 h. each 
can 10 men do the same work? 

1007. Show that ^l^jj Tb. Troy = ii pwt. 

1008. From f of a day take | of an hour, leaving 
result in hours, minutes and seconds. 

10 9. What will be the amount in three years of 
$625, compounded at 7^, annually? 

1010. In what time will $240 amount to $720, at 
12^ simple interest? 

1011. Find the proceeds of a note for $1255.38, 
payable in 4 mo. 12 da., discounted at bank, interest 
being at 6?^ . 



80 THE regents' questions. 

1012. What is the present worth of a note for 
$1315.39, due in 2 years and 6 months, at 7^? 

1013. Sold a horse for $91, which was ^ of what 
he cost me. How much did I lose? 



Examination jLLI ^ Feb. 26 ^ 1880. 

1014. The quotient of one number divided by an- 
other is 37, the divisor 245, and the remainder 230; 
what is the dividend? 

1015. Two men start from different places, distant 
189 miles, and travel toward each other; one goes 4 
miles, and the other 5 miles an hour ; in how many 
hours will the}' meet ? 

1016. A merchant sold 18 barrels of pork, each 
weighing 200 pounds, at 12 cts. 5 mills a pound; 
what did he receive ? 

1017. Suppose a certain township is 6 miles long 
and 41 miles wide, how many lots of land of 90 acres 
each does it contain? 

1018. What are the prime factors of 1800? 

1019. Find the greatest common divisor of 1426, 
322, and 598. 

1020. What is the least common multiple of 9, 17, 
6, and 27? 

1021. Add 214, 32|, and 47x\. 

1022. ■{ Eeduce to its simplest form. 

( 9xi 

1023. How many times is .12 of 12 contained in 
.24 of 72? 

1024. How many pounds of coffee, at 33i cents 
per pound, can be bought for $14.50? 



ARITHMETIC. 81 



1025. What is the cost of 2684 bricks, at |8. 50 per M? 

1026. Required the number of pounds in a hogs- 
head of sugar, weighing 18 cwt. 3 qr. 14 R). 

1027. Reduce ^^^ of a ton to integers of lower de- 
nominations. 

1028. Sold a quantity of merchandise that cost 
$1670, at a loss of 3;*.: for what amount did I sell it? 

1029. A house was sold, at an advance of 5% on 
the cost, for $13,000: what was the cost? 

1030. What is the interest of $475, for 8 years, at 
5% simple interest? 

1031. Required the amount of $1350, from Janu- 
ary 12, 1880, to September 19, 1881, at 9% simple in- 
terest. 

1032. What sum of money at 5% simple interest, 
will yield $275.40 in 3 years and 4 months? 

1033. In what time will $3750 amount to $4541.25 
at Q% per annum? 

1034. What is the present worth of a debt of 

$1650, due 8 months hence, without interest, money 
being worth 6^? 

1035. What is the difference between true and 
bank discount on $1000, for 63 days, at 6^? 

1036. Sold flour at $10.45 per barrel, and thereby 
lost 5% of the cost: what was the cost per barrel? 

1037. Suppose a railroad train to run at the rate of 
20 miles in 50 minutes, in what time will it run 275 
miles? 

1038. What will be the wages of 9 men for 11 days, 
if the wages of 6 men for 14 days be $84? 

1039. Find the square root of 149.4, correct to 
three decimal places. 

1040 What is cube root? 

1041. Required the cube root of 1860867. 



82 THE regents' questions. 

Examination XLII (a)^ June^, 1880. 

1042. What are the fundamental rules of Arith- 
metic ? 

1043. Why are they so called? 

1044. If a scholar's expenses are 90 dollars for 
board, 30 dollars for clothes, 12 dollars for tuition, 
5 dollars for books and 7 dollars for incidentals, what 
would be the expenses of 27 boys at the same rate? 

1045. If 256 be multiplied by 25, the product di- 
minished by 625,- and the remainder divided by 35, 
what will be the quotient? 

1046. What are the terms of a fraction? 

1047. Subtract 120/, from 450^ 

1048. 14f, less t^L§i, is f of | of what number? 

■■■^10 

1049. Reduce .9375 to a common fraction. 

1050. How many times will .5 of 1.75 be contained 
iu .25 of 17i ? 

1051. How much must be paid for lathing and 
plastering overhead a room 36 feet long and 20 feet 
wide, at 26 cents a square yard ? 

1052. Reduce 150 sheets of paper to the decimal of 
a ream . 

1053. A farmer having 760 sheep, kept 25 per cent 
of them, and sold the remainder. How many did 
he sell ? 

1054. What is Commission ? 

1055. What is Brokerage ? 

1056. An auctioneer sold a house for $3284, and 



ARITHMETIC. 83 



the furniture for $2176.50; wluit did his fees amouut 
to, at 2i per cent. ? 

1057. A maa purchased $6375 stock in Pennsylva- 
nia Coal Company, and sold the same at a discount 
of 12 per cent. : what was his loss ? 

1058. If 12i hundred weight of sugar cost $140, 
how must it be sold to gain 25^ ? 

1059. What will it cost to insure a factory valued 
at $21,000, at | per cent. ; and the machinery valued 
at $15,400, at f per cent, ? 

1060. What is the interest on $76.50 for 2 years, 3 
months, at 5 per cent. ? 

1061. Required the amount of $387.20, from Jan. 
1 to Oct. 20, 1879, at 6^ ? 

1062. What will $450 amount to in 1 year, at Qfa 
compound interest, payable quarterly ? 

1063. What is the present worth of $180, payable 
in 3 years, 4 months, discounting at 6 per cent. ? 

1064. Wishing to borrow $500 at bank, for what 
sum must my note be drawn, at 30 days, to obtain 
the required amount, discount being at Q% ? 

1065. At what per cent, must $1,000 be loaned for 
3 years, 3 months, 20 days, to gain $ 183.18? 

1066. How long must $204 be on interest at 6fo to 
amount to $217.09 ? 

1067. If a staft 3 ft. 8 in. long cast a shadow 1 ft. 
6 in., what is the height of a steeple that casts a shad- 
ow 75 ft. at the same time ? (Solve by proiDortion.) 

7056 

1068. Extract the square root of 

9216 

1069. The pedestal of a certain- monument is a cube 



84 THE regents' questions. 

of grauite, coutaiiiing 373248 solid inches : what is 
the length of one of its sides ? 



Examination XLI 1 1(b), June ly 1880. 

1070. Express in words: 5000000750001. 

1071. If the product of two numbers is 346712, and 
one of the factors is 76, what is the other factor ? 

1072. What is Cancellation ? 

1073. Find the least common multiple of 4; 14,28, 
and 98. 

1074. The product of 3 numlDcrs is f : two of the 
numbers are 2^ and | : what is the third ? 

1075. What is the sum of six-millionths, four ten- 
thousandths, 19 hundred-thousandths, sixtceu-huu- 
dredths, and four-tenths ? 

1076. Reduce l-^ll?:!^. to a decimal fraction. 

4|- 

1077. Make a receipted bill of the following arti- 
cles as if sold to John Smith by yourself : 

16 lbs. of tea, at $.85 per lb. ... 
28" "coffee, at $.25i per lb. ... 
15 Yards of linen, at $.66 per yard. 



1078. How many acres are there in 250 city lots, 
each of which is 25 feet by 100 ? 

1079. Add 96 bu. 3 pk. 2 qt. 1 pt., 46 bu. 3 pk. 
1 qt. 1 pt., 3 pk. 1 qt. 1 pt., and 23 bu. 3 pk. 4 qt. 
1 pt. 

1080. By the chronometer, it is 4 hr. 56 min. ^^^ 



ARITHMETIC. 



sec ., P.M., at Greenwich, when it is 12 m. at New 
York; what is the longitude of New York ? 

1081. i of f is what part of j\ ? 

1082. How many pounds of thread will it require 
to make 60 yd. of 3 qr. wide, if 7 lb. make 14 yd. G 
qr. wide ? (Solve by double rule of three). 

1083. What is the difference between 5|- per cent, 
of $800, and 6i per cent, of $1050 ? 

1084. If I sell a piano, which cost $275, for $315, 
what is the rate per cent, of gain ? 

1085. What amount of government stock can I buy 
for $15525, when it sells at 3i per cent, premium ? 

1086. What is the simple interest of $3750. 87, for 
2 years and 9 months, at 8 per cent. ? 

1087. The interest of $3675, for 3 years, is $771.75: 
what is the rate ? 

1088. What is the amount, at compound interest, 
of $250, for two years, at 8 per cent. ? 

1089. What is the bank discount of a note of 
$1000, payable in 60 days, at 6 per cent, interest ? 

1090. A man who has only $50, owes $75 to A, 
$150 to B, and $100 to C: what sllOUld he pay to 
each ? 

1091. Find the 4th power of 16. 

1092. What is the square root of 26883881 ? 

1093. How many small cubes, of 2 inches on a 
side, can be sawed out of a cube 2 feet on a side, if 
nothing is lost in sawing ? 

1094. How many bricks, 8 inches long and 4 inches 
wide, will pave a yard that is 100 feet by 50 feet ? 

1095. There was a company of soldiers, of whom 
^ were on guard, l^preparing dinner, and the remaia- 



86 THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 

der, 85 men, were drilling: how many were there in 
all ? 

1096. A wall of 700 yards in length, was to be 
built in 29 days; 12 men were employed on it for 11 
days, and only completed 220 yards: how many 
men must be added, to complete the wall in the re- 
quired time ? 

1097, If a house is 50 feet wide, and the post 
which supports the ridge-pole is 12 feet high, what 
will be the length of the rafters ? 



THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Bxaminaiion J. A'br. 7s ^866, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

1. Mention the grand divisions of the earth, and state 
within which hemispheres (northern or southei-u, and 
eastern or western) each is principally included. 

2. Give a similar statement in relation to the several 
oceans. 

3. Describe the equator, the tropics, and the polar cir- 
cles, 

4. Define latitude and longitude. 

5. Name the several zones, and state within or between 
what circles each is included. 

6. Illustrate the relative positions of the equator, trop- 
ics, polar circles, and zones, by a small circular diagram 
Bimilar to an outline map of a hemisphere. 

7. Mention the three larigest islands of the globe, (ex- 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



cepting the so-called coDtineuts,) in the order of theli 
size. 

8. What hay and strait separate British America from 
Greenland ? 

9. What parallel of latitude forms the northern boun- 
dary of the United States from ilie Lake of the Woods to 
the Gulf of Georgia ? 

10. Wha: is the capital of Canada, and how is it sit- 
uated .'' 

11. What strait connects Lake Huron and Lake Michi- 



gan 



12. What is the capital of California ? 

13. What river forms part of the boundary between 
New York and Pennsylvania ? 

14. Name and describe the largest river within the state 
of Virginia. 

15. Which are the three largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

16. Where and what is Terra del Fuego? 

17. Mention the countries comprised in the British 
Isles. 

18. What strait separates Spain from Africa ? 

19. What mountains between Norway and Sweden .'' 
30. What large river of Russia empties into the Black 

Bea.^ 

21. What mountains form the boundary line between 
China and Hindoostan ? 

22. Where is the empire of Japan, and of what does it 
consist ? 

23. Is the greater part of Africa north or south of tht) 
equator .' Represent the shape of Africa by a small out- 
line map, and draw a line across it to correspond to the 
position of the equator. 

24. Wheie is the island of St. Helena? (Nearest which 
grand division, in what ocean, and hemispheres, and in 
about what latitude and longitude ?) 



GEOGRAFBT. 

Bxaminati07i II, I^eb, 28, 7867* 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

25. Define Circles of Longitude ? 

26. What countries of the globe are crossed by the 
A-rctic Circle.'' 

27. What is the longitude of N. Y. City, reckoning 
from Greenwich ? (The minutes and seconds are not re- 
quired.) 

28. Which of the United States have no sea coast ? 

29. Through what state does the Mississippi flow? 

30. On what waters may one sail from New York to 
Philadelphia ? 

31. What river connects Lake Superior with Lake 
Huron ? 

32. What river rises in the western part of North Caro- 
ina and flows into the Ohio ? 

33. In what direction is the Isthmus of Darien from 
the mouth of the Orinoco ? 

34. What countries of South America are crossed by 
the Equator ? 

35. Name the three largest rivers of South America. 

36. What countries of Europe border on the Mediter- 
ranean Sea ? 

37. Describe the river Rhine. 

38. What is the capital of Prussia ? 

39. What range of mountains in Austria ? 

40. Describe the river Rhone. 

41. Where is Calcutta situated ? 

42. Where is Mt. Sinai ? 

43. What strait at the eastern extremity of Siberia? 

44. What is the capital of Japan ? 

45. Describe the river Niger ? 

46. In what direction do the Mountains of the Moral 
extend ? 

47. What is the largest island of Oceanica ? 



THE BEftENTS' QUESTIONS. 



48. In what Zone is the Cape of Good Hope ? 

Any pupil who has the requisite time, may show by a 
email diagram, the relative position of lines of latitude 
and longitude on a map of the northern hemisphere. 



^Examination III. JTiine 7S, 7867. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

49. In what part of the world is the point of no lariiude 
and no longitude, (reckoning longitude from Gri-cnw ich ?) 

50. What is the width, in degrees, of each teniperaie 
zone? 

51. How can we determine, by a map, the line or ridge 
of high land, called a icater-shed, which divides a cuuu- 
try into opposite slopes ? 

52. What are the two principal water- sheds of the 
United States ? 

53. What three large cities of North America sn- luc.v- 
ted near the 20th, 30th and 40th degrees of north lati- 
tude, respectively? 

54. On what parallel of latitude is the boundary of New 
York, from Lake Champlain to the river St. Lawrence ? 

55. What parallel of latitude forms the boundary be- 
tween Virginia and North Carolina ? 

56. What parallel forms the northern boundary of 
Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi ? 

57. W^hat four states border on Lake Michigan ? 

58. How is Alabama bounded ? 

59. What river flows into the northern extremity of the 
gulf of California ? 

60. What country occupies the north-western extrem- 
ity of South America ? 

61. What country of South America has no sea coast ? 

62. What three great rivers of Europe rise in the Alpa^ 
and where do each of them empty ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 

63. What mountain range passes tl rough the whole 
length of Italy ? 

64. Into what sea does the river Elbe empty ? 

65. What countries occupy the Scandinavian penin- 
sula? 

66. What strait separates England from France .' 

67. What three peninsulas on the s< luliern border of 
Eui'ope ? 

68. What other continent has also three large penin- 
sulas on its southern border, and what are ilieir names ? 

69. What is the general direction of peninsulas in any 
continent ? 

70. What large city is situated at the mouth of the 
Ganges ? 

71. What gulf in the north-western part of the Red 
Sea? 

72. What country of Africa borders on the strait ol 
Gibraltar ? 



Bxaminaiion IT, JVoy, 7, 7867 * 
(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

73. What is the amount of the greatest longitude ? 

74. What bay west of Greenland ? 

75. What parallels of latitude form parts of the north- 
ern boundary of the United States ? 

76. What river forms part of the northeastern bound- 
ary of the United States ? 

77. What lake between lake Huron and lake Erie ? 

78. What states are separated by the Wabash river ? 

79. What is the outlet of Lake Cham plain ? 

80. On what river is Rochester situated ? 

81. Of what river is the Juniata a branch ? 

83. What two ranges of mountains in Virginia ? 
88. What peninsula forms the south part of Greece ? 



THE regents' question*. 



84. What is the capital of Prussia ? 

85. Describe tlie Rhine. 

86. Describe the Dauube. 

87. Ou what river is Paris situated? 

88. What large sea north of Prussia ? 

89. Ill what zone is the greater part of Asia? 

90. What mountains between China and Himluootaii ? 

91. Describe the river Ganges. 

92. What sea between Aiiibia and Hindoostun ? 

93. What two large islands ou the Equator soutii easi 
of Asia ? 

94. What are the two largest rivers in Africa ? 

95. What large island east of Africa ? 

96. What group of islands west of Morocco ? 



JSxamination Y. Feb. 20, 7868. 
(9:30-10:30 A.. M.) 

97. Which extends further south— the Old World or 
the New ? 

98. In what Zone are the most highly civilized nations? 

99. What connects the Pacific with the Arctic Ocean? 

100. What change in temperature occurs in going from 
the base of a high mountain towards its summit .^ 

101. What is the largest river flowing into Hudson's 
Bay? 

102. What lai-ge city on the western coast of the United 
States ? 

103. Which of the New England States has the highest 
mountains r 

104. What lake is crossed by the northern boundary of 
Vermont ? 

105. What mountains in the northern part of the State 
of New York? 



GEOGRAPHY. 

106. What city in Delaware at the month of the Dela- 
w&re River ? 

107. On which side of the Mississippi is the greater 
part of Louisiana ? 

108. Why has South America no large rivers flowing 
westward .'' 

109. What is the only country lying wholly on the west- 
eru slope of the Andes ? 

110. What islands east of the southern extremity of 
Sv^ath America ? 

111. What is the south-western point of England 
called ? 

112. What two large lakes south-west of the White 
Sea? 

113. What large river flows through Austria? 

114. What sea east of Italy ? 

115. What waters between the Grecian Archipelago 
and the Black Sea ? 

116. What waters are connected by the strait of Babel- 
mandeb ? 

117. What peninsula between the Yellow Sea and the 
sea of Japan ? 

118. What important country of Asia consists of islands 
only? 

119. What country on the Mediterranean next west ol 
Egypt? 

120. What cape forms the most eastern point of Africa? 



£!xamination YI. June A, /868» 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

121. In what direction does the Gulf Stream flow ? 

122. What large island east of the Gulf of St. Law* 
rence? 

123. What island at the mouth of river St. Lawrence P 



THE regents' questions. 



124. Which thirteen of the United States border on tht 
Atlantic Ocean ? 

125. What is the highest peak of the White Mountains ? 

126. What island at the mouth of the Hudson, between 
New Jersey and Long Island ? 

127. What large bay in the State of Maryland ? 

128. What mountains separate the States of Virginia 
and West Virginia ? 

129. On what river is the capital of Tennessee situated .' 

130. What States are separated by the Sabine river ? 

131. Which is further west, New Orleans or Lima? 

132. In what latitude is the mouth of the Amazon ? 

133. What divisions of South America border on the 
Pacific ocean ? 

134. What are the three great rivers of South America? 

135. Which is the further north, Paris or Quebec ? 

136. What is the capital of Denmark ? 

137. Which is the largest lake in Europe ? 

138. What river flows into the Gulf of Lyons ? 

139. Through what waters would a vessel pass in going 
from New Orleans to Smyrna .' 

140. In what direction do the trade winds blow ? 

141. In what latitude is the Strait of Gibralter ? 

142. What is the capital of Persia ? 

143. What mountains in the northern part of Africa ? 

144. Which is the largest of the Sandwich Islands ? 



Examination IVI, A^'or. 72, 7868, 

(9:00-10:30 A. >l.) 

145. What is meant by small circles of a sphere ? 

146. What does the eastern continent comprise ? 

147. Which is the smallest of the United States ? 

148. What States bound Florida on the north ? 



GEOGKAPHT. 



149. What States bound Wisconsin on the west ? 

150. Name three of the western branches oi the Missis- 
sippi river. 

151. Between what States does the Connecticut river 
flow? 

152. In what direction is Montreal from Quebec ? 

153. What two large peninsulas in Mexico ? 

1.54. In what direction is Buenos Ayrcs from Rio De 
Janeiro ? 
1.5.5. What is the capital of Turkey ? 

156. What important seaport in the south of France ? 

157. What island south of Hindoostan ? 

158. What large desert in the Chinese Empire ? 

159. W^hat mountains between Siberia and the Chines© 
Empire ? 

160. Is Liberia in north or south latitude ? 

161. What circle bounds the torrid zone on the nortli ? 

162. Describe the Antarctic circle. 

163. Between what grand divisions is the Atlantic 
Ocean .'' 

164. Which is the largest lake of fresh water on the 
globe ? 

165. Which is the largest island sea ? 

166. What :s the latitude of Washington city (degrees 
only?) 

167. Wbat is the longitude of New York city (degrees 
only ?) 

168. By what waters may a vessel pass from Providence, 
R. I., to Nashville, Tenn. ? 



Examination Till, JP'eb. /8, 7869, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

169. How many degrees from the equator is the Arctic 
Circle ? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



170. By what circle is the South Temperate Zoiu* 
bounded ? 

171. Why do detrrees of longitude vary in length at 
different places on the earth's surface ? 

172. In what State is the geographical centre of the 
Jnited States .' 

173. Which State extends further north. Main or Min- 
nesota ? 

174. What State extends further south, Flurida or 
Texas .^ 

175. Mention the capitals of the Middle States. 

176. Bound the State of Missouri. 

177. Trace the water communication between Chicago 
and Pittsburgh. 

178. To what European government does Cuba belong ? 

179. What is the capital of Venezuela ? 

180. What large river empties into the Atlantic near 
Buenos Ayres ? 

181. What waters separate England and Ireland ? 

182. By what route could a vessel sail from Marseilles 
to St. Petersburgh 'i 

183. What is the capital of Austria, and where is it 
situated 't 

184. On what river is the city of Rome located .' 

185. In what zone is Iceland 1 

186. What large island near the eastern extermity of 
the Mediterranean Sea ? 

187. In what does the river Indus empty ? 

188. What is the general dii'ection of the rivers of 
China ? 

189. What bodies of water does the isthmus of Suei 
eeparate ? 

19C. fV'hat countries of Africa border on the Mediter- 
'■anean Sea ? 

191. Describe the Mozambique Channel. 

192. In what zone does the highest civilization exiet ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Examination JX. June /O, 7869, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

193. What two revolutions does the earth perform? 

194. What do each of these revohitions produce ? 

195. What is meant by the caniiual points ? 

196. Which one of the live zoues has more land surface 
than any other ? 

197. Ill which zone arc volcanoes most numerous ? 

198. Why are there few lakes in the torrid zone ? 

199. Which is the loii2:est moiuitaiu system of the 
globe ? 

200. Which grand division is crossed by both the 
tropii^al circles ? 

201. What is the general direction of the longest right 
line that can be drawn aef oss the eastern continent ? 

202. V/hich of the grand divisious are peninsulas ? 

203. What river has its basin in the southern part of the 
great central plain of South America ? 

204. What group of islands between North and South 
America ? 

205. What island north-west of Europe, partly in the 
western hemisphere .' 

206. What large river of the United States flows int'^ 
the Pacific Ocean ? 

207. Which is the largest western branch of the Mis- 
sissippi river ? 

208. Which is the largest branch of the Ohio river ? 

209. Which of the thirty-seven United States extends 
farthest north ? 

210. Which of the United States are intersected by the 
Mississippi river ? 

211. What river bounds Iowa on the west ? 

212. What city of Wisconsin is situated on Lake Micht 
gan? 

213. What island in the Niagara river ? 



THE regents' questions. 



214. What sea between Russia and Sweden? 

215. What is the capital of Holland ? 

216. Which of the five races of men is the mo»l 
numerous ? 



^Examination X. JYov. 72, 7868, 

(9:00-10:80 a.m.; 

217. How must a place be situated to be in uorth 
latitude .' 

218. How must a place be situated to be in east longi- 
tude .' 

219 How many seasons has the torrid zone ? 

220. Where are the richest silver mines of the globe .' 

221. Into what races are mankind divided 1 

222. What grand divisions fie wholly north of the 
equator ? 

228. What two gulfs of North America are crossed by 
the Tropic of Cancer ? 

224. Where is the Tropic of Cancfr most nearly ap- 
proached by the United State ? 

225. What large river in the western part of the United 
States has its source in British America ? 

226. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise ? 

227. What river forms part of the boundai-y between 
New York and Pennsylvania ? 

228. What river empties into the head of Chesapeake 
Bay? 

229. Through what two States does the Chesapeake 
Bay extend ? 

289. What two rivers receive the waters of all tbe 
streams of Iowa.' 

231. Of what division of South America i? the Isthmus 
of Panama a part .' 

232. Alorg what three rivers are the principal lowland 
plains of South America ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 

283. Is the greater part of Brazil in north or in soath 
latitude ? 

234. What range of mountains forms a natural boundary 
Between France and Spain ? 

235. What noted river of Europe empties into the North' 
Sea? 

236. Into what sea do all the rivers of South Eussia 
empty ? 

2.37. What sea is between England and Denmark ? 
238. What important group of islands east of the 
Chinese Empire .'' 
•<i3*J. In what country of Asia is Mt. Ararat.' 
•i4L. In what zones is Africa ? 



Bxamination XI. F'eb. /8, 7870. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

241. What oceans border on the Eastern Continent.'* 

242. Between w'hat two grand divisions has the Atlantic 
Ocean its greatest breadth "i 

243. How many English miles from the equator is a 
place that is ten degrees north of it " 

244. What grand division;- are crossed by the meridian 
of Greenwich .' 

24.5. Is Australia in east or in west longitude, reckon- 
ing from Greenwich "i 

246 In which zone is the southern extremity of South 
America .' 

247. Which one of the United States lying wholly east 
of the meridian of Washington has no ocean coast ? 

248. What States border on Pennsylvania .' 

249. W^hich one of the United States consists of two 
peninsulas ? 

259. How is Kansas bounded on the north ? 

251. What is the chief town of Nova Scotia ? 

252. What two large peninsulas in Mexico ? 



THE regents' questions. 



353. In what mountains does the Amazon river rise ? 

254. Between what two rivers is Paraguay situated ? 

255. What country occupies the southern extremity of 
South America.' 

256. VVhat sea between Russia and Sweden ? 

257. What five countries of Europe border on the 
Mediterranean Sea ? 

258. Which are the five great powers of Europe ? 

259. What country bounds Greece on the north ? 

260. What is the name of the principal desert of Asia f 

261. What Js the capital of Persia.' 

262. What large bay east of Hindoostan ? 

263. In what zone or zones is the Sahara desert? 

2(54. What large gulf on the western coast of Africa 
near the equator ? 



Bxnmi7iati07i XI 7, June 70 y 7870. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 
2t-)5. Which extends farther east ; the United States or 
lirazll ? 

266. Which is the more westerly ; Cape Horn or Cape 
Si. Lucas.' 

267. Which ocean has the greater breadth ; the Atlantic 
between South America and Africa, or the Indian, be- 
tween Afriea and Australia? 

268. In what zones is Australia situated ? 

269. What large bay east of Lake Huron and north of 
Lake Erie ? 

27(>. What bodies of water are connected by the Wel- 
land Canal? 

271. Prove that Lake Superior is (or is not) more 
elevated than the Atlantic Ocean ? 

272. Mention any sea or lake upon the globe who«« 
eurfare is lower than the surface of the ocean. 

278. Mention all the States bordering upon Ulinois. 



GEOGRAPHT. 



274. In sailing np the Mississippi river from its moutb 
to the latitude of Chicago, what States, or parts of States, 
might you see upon the eastern shore ? 

275. Which are the so-called " Gulf States ; " or, what 
States border upon the Gulf of Mexico ? 

276. Which is tJie highest mountain in New England ? 

277. What large river east of and nearly parallel to the 
Hudson River? 

278. Between what two rivers is Philadelphia situated ? 

279. Mention one of the three large rivers of Vir- 
ginia, south of and nearly parallel to the Potomac, and 
emptying into the Chesapeake Bay ? 

280. On which coast of Cuba, the northern or the 
southern, is Havana, the capital, situated ? 

281 . What large river flows through Venezuela * 

282. What two large rivers unite to form the Rio de la 
Plata f 

283. What country of Europe partly encompasses thp 
White Sea? 

284. What country of Europe is situated between the 
Adriatic and a part of the Mediterranean Seas ? 

285. What range of mountains extends from the Bay of 
Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea ? 

286. In what direction from China is the China Sea ? 

287. What is the capital of Japan ? 

288. What large lake of Africa, on or near the equator, 
at the head of the river Nile ? 



Examination XIII. JVov, //, 7870, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

289. W^hat part of North America has the greatest 
longitude, i. e., extends farthest west ? 

290. What zone contains the greatest number of islands ^ 

291. Which has the greater circumference : the Tropic 
of Cancer or the 30** circle of latitude ? 



THE KEOKNTS' QUESTIONS. 



292. In what direction is tbe Caribbean Sea from the 
Gulf of Mexico? 

293. Is the Sea of Kamchatka in the Eastern or in the 
Wcbtcrn Hemisphere ? 

294. In what latitude is the mouth of the Amazon 

I'; 

295. Mention a large gulf, or a bay, in North America, 
-<> i^early surrounded by land as to be almost a tnediter- 
raiiean or inland sea. 

2'.'t). What is the name of the outlet of Lake Huron ? 
2'.)7. Mention isome of the United States territories 
which are traversed by the Rocky mountain range. 

298. Which of the United States border on the Pacific 
Ocean f 

299. Which extends further north, the Gulf of Mexico 
or ihe Gulf of California? 

300. Mention one of the United States which has more 
than one capital city. 

301. What State is indented by the Narraganset Bay ? 

802. Which two New England States have a joint river 
luaruiu or boundary.' 

803. To what State do Nantucket and Martha's Vine- 
y ird belong ? 

304. What river is crossed three times by the southern 
bouii(lar\ of the State of New York? 

305. \N'hich one of the Middle States is nearly sur- 
rounded by water (sea coast and river) ? 

306. Which of the United States border on Lake 
Superior ? 

307. What large river of Europe empties iuto the 
Caspian Sea } 

308. What large river empties into the Black Sea from 
the west? 

309. What large river of France empties into the Medi- 
terranean Sea ? 

310. In what direction is Moscow from St. Petershursjrh ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 

811. What is the capital of China ? 

312. What mountain ransre between China and Siberia? 



Bxaminatio7i XIT. I^eb. 2 A, 7877. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

313. What is the axis of the earth ? 

314. Which s:rand divisions are 'partly within the South- 
ern Hemisphere ? 

315. Which two grand divisions are traversed through- 
out their entire length by a continuous mountain range ? 

316. Which is the highest mountain peak of North 
America ? 

317. What large islands east of the Gulf of St. Law 
rence ? 

318. What large river forms the greater part of the 
joint boundary of Oregon and Washington territory? 

319. Mention eight cities in the State of New York. 

320. What lake lies between Lake Champlain and the 
head waters of the Hudson river ? 

331. What river forms the entire eastern boundary of 
Pennsylvania ? 

322. What States are bounded on the south by the Ohio 
river ? 

323. What large lake in Central America ? 

324. What four islands form the group known as the 
Greater Antilles ? 

325. Mention eight of the twelve countries of South 
America ? 

326. Which one of these countries is traversed by the 
Orinoco river ? 

327. What country of South America has no sea coast ? 

328. On what river of France is Paris situated ? 

329. What large bay west of France ? 

330. What range of mountains extends from the Black 
to the Caspian sea .' 



THB regents' questions. 



331. Mention four seas in and around Russia. 

333. To what European power does Australia belong ? 

333. In what zone is the greater part of Siberia .' 

334. What inland gulf lies between the Arabian sea and 
the eastern end of the Mediterranean ? 

335. What strait separates Morocco from Europe ? 

336. What large river flows into the gulf of Guinea .* 



^xaniinatio?i XV, J'une 9, /87^» 
(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

337. Mention the grand divisions of the Earth, ana 
state within which Hemispheres (northern or southern, 
and eastern or western) Asia is principally included. 

338. Give a similar statement in relation to the Hemi- 
spheres within which the Indian Ocean is included. 

839. Describe the equator, the tropics and the polar 
circles. 

340. Define latitude and longitude. 

341. Name the several zones and state within or be- 
tween what circles each is included. 

343. Dlustrate the relative positions of the equator, 
tropics, polar circles, and zones, by a small diagram 
similar to an outline map of a Hemisphere, and letter 
each of these parts of the diagram. 

343. What is the width, in degrees, of each temperate 
zone .'' 

344. What hay and strait separate British America 
from Greenland ? 

345. What parallel of latitude forms the northern 
boundary of the United States from the Lake of the 
Woods to the gulf of Georgia .' 

346. What is the capital of the Dominion of Canada, 
and where is it situated ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



347. What strait connects Lake Huron with Lake Michi- 
gan? 

S48. What is the capital of California ? 

349. What river forms part of the boundary between 
Maryland and Virginia ? 

350. Mention and describe the largest river within the 
United States. 

851. Which are the three largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

352. Where and what is Terra del Fuego .'' 

353. Mention the countries comprised in the British 
Isles .'* 

354. What separates Spain from Morocco ? 

355. What mountains between Norway and Sweden ? 

356. What large river empties into the Black Sea from 
the west ? 

857. What mountains between the Chinese Empire and 
Hindoostan ? 

358. Where is the empire of Japan, and of what does it 
consist ? 

369. Is the greater part of Africa north or south of the 
equator ? Represent the shape of Africa by a small out- 
line map, and draw a line across it to show the position 
of the equator. 

860. Where is the island of St. Helena ? (Nearest what 
grand division, in what ocean and hemispheres) ? 



Bxamination XYI, JYov, 70, 7877, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

861. Bound the South Temperate Zone. 

362. What is the latitude of the northern boundary of 
Vermont ? 

363, Mention all the grand divisions which lie partly in 
the North Temperate Zone. 



•»"HE regents' questions. 



364. What noted group of islands in ttie Pacific Ocean 
West of Mexico ? 

365. What grand division would be reached in sailing 
east from Australia ? 

366. What gulf on the Pacific coast of the Western 
Hemisphere ? 

367. What five large lakes are drained by the river St. 
Lawrence ? 

368. Mention three tributaries of the Mississippi river, 
from the west. 

369. On what river is the city of Hartford situated ? 

370. What river rises in western Massachusetts and 
flows through Connecticut ? 

371. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise ? 

372. Which of the United States border on Lake Erie ? 

373. Which states bound North Carolina and Tennes- 
see on the south ? 

374. What is the capital of California ? 

37.5. What city and island in the St. Lawrence opposite 
the mouth of the Ottavra river ? 

376. Into what four provinces is the Dominion of 
Canada divided ? (Note : There are now but two.) 

377. What country of South America bounds Peru on 
the north ? 

378. What country of South America is an Empire ? 

379. What two large seas lie between the British Isles 
and the central part of Russia ." 

380. What name is given to the peninsula between the 
Mediterranean and the Black Seas ? 

381. What two rivers empty into the Persian Gulf ? 

382. What mountain range extends southward from 
Abyssinia ? 

383. Which grand division has the warmest average 
climate ? 

884. What continent lies wholly in the Southern Heml- 
sphere ? 



GEOGRAPHT. 



Bxami?iation XYII. J^eb, 28, 7872. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

385. Which is the larejer : Africa or South America ? 

386. Which ocean is entirely within the Eastern Hemi- 
sphere ? 

387. What three oceans are partly within the South 
Temperate Zone ? 

388. In what direction is Madagascar from Australia ? 

389. What two large islands of the Eastern Hemisphere 
are crossed by the equator ? 

390. What ocean receives the largest amount of water 
from the continental nTer systems ? 

291. In what direction is the mouth of the Amazon from 
the mouth of the Mississippi ? 

Wit. What city is located on the Boston and Albany 
railroad at its intersection with the Connecticut river ^ 

893. Mention five lakes lying wholly within the State 
■)f New York. 

894. What city is situated in the south-western part 
of Pennsylvania .? 

395. Is Philadelphia in east or in west longitude (reck- 
oning from Washington) ? 

396. What is the capital of Alabama .' 

397. What States bound Florida on the north ? 

398. What large bay is situated on the western border 
of Lake Huron .' 

399. What great lake borders on Minnesota ? 

400. \Vhich are the two largest rivers that empty into 
the Gulf of Mexico ? 

401. What is the capital of Brazil ? 

403. What country of South America is traversed by 
the Orinoco river .' 

493. Which extends further south ; Norway or Sweden ? 

404. Mention four large islands of the Mediterraneaa 
8ea? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



405. Of what country is Vienna the capital ? 

406. What channel between Ireland and Wales ? 

407. Near what river and bay is Calcutta situated. 

408. In what direction is New York city from the 
North Pole ? 



^Examination XVIII. J^une 7» 7872, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

409. How are the Arctic and Pacific Oceans connected ? 

410. On which Hemisphere (eastern or western,) is the 
meridian 170* east longitude from Greenwich ? 

411. Is New Zealand in the Eastern or Western Hemi- 
sphere .' 

412. Mention a river of North America that flows in a 
northerly direction. 

413. Mention one of the rivers of Maine. 

414. How many square miles in the State of New 
York (in round nuniher.s) ? 

415. Which State has the larger territory : New York 
or California? 

416. What is the population of the State of New York 
(in round numbers) ? 

417. How many counties are there in New York State ? 

418. Which county of New York extends farthest east ? 

419. What State bounds Kansas on the east ? 

420. What is the capital of Illinois .' 

421. What States would be crossed in passing direct 
from Indiana to Alabama ? 

422. Mention any one of the United States which haa 
no sea or lake coast. 

423. Mention a tributary of the Missouri river. 

424. Mention one of the peninsulas adjacent to the Guli 
of Mexico. 

425. Which is nearer the equator : Cuba or Jamaica ? 



GEOGKAPHT. 

426. What country bounds the Argentine Confedera- 
tion on the north ? 

427. What large river of Colombia, S. A., empties into 
ttie Caribbean Sea ? 

42y. What large sea is situated about midway between 
the Adriatic and Caspian Sea? 

429. Mention one of the gulfs adjacent to the Baltic 
Sea. 

430. In what direction is Corsica from Sardinia ? 

431. What noted river empties into the Dead Sea ? 

432. On which coast of Africa is Senegambia ? 



Examination XIX. JVov. 8, 7872, 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

433. What place upon the earth's surface is south from 
every other place ? 

434. What zone has no sunlight during our summer ? 

435. In sailing due east, which does a ship change : its 
latitude or its longitude ? 

436. Which is the larger: North America or South 
America ? 

437. In what ocean are the Japan Islands ? 

438. What ocean between Africa and Australia ? 

439. What peninsula lies between the Arabian Sea and 
the Bay of Bengal ? 

440. In what direction is San Francisco from the 
Isthmus of Darien ? 

441. Does the greater part of the area of the United 
States (including territories) lie east or west of the Mis- 
sissippi river .' 

442. What territory between Kansas and Utah ? 

443. What state between Utah and California ? 

444. W^hich has the greater elevation above the ocean ; 
Lake Erie or Lake Huron ? 



THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



445. What large town ol Massachusetts is situated on the 
Boston and Albany railroad, about midway between Bos- 
ton and Springfield ? 

446. Which is the least populous county of the State ol 
New York? 

447. What river rises in the State of New York and 
empties into the Chesapeake Bay "i 

448. What State bounds Tennessee on the east ? 

449. What sea lies south of the West Indies 1 

450. What is the capital of Brazil ? 

451. Of what country is Santiago the capital f 

452. Mention one of the countries of South America 
wholly in north latitude. 

453. What country of South America is between Co- 
lombia and Peru ? 

454. What range of mountains separates Spain and 
Portugal from the rest of Europe "i 

455. What river empties into the North Sea at the 
Hague ? 

456. Mention one of the rivers that empty into the 
Caspian Sea. 



Examination XX, JF'eb, 28, 787S. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

457. What general name is given to the several parts 
into which the whole of the earth's surface is divided by 
the tropics and polar circles "i 

458. What lines on maps indicate north and south dire<y 
tions ? 

459. What large river of North America empties into 
the Pacific ocean ? 

460. What peninsula south of the Gulf of Mexico ? 

461. Mention the largest river that empties into Lot ^ 
Island Sound. 

462. What mountain chain traverses Vermont ? 



GEOGRAPHT. 



463. Mention the largest river within the State of New 
Hampshire. 

464. What general name is given to the mountains weiSt 
of Lake Champlain ? 

465. Mention a tributary of the Potomac river. 

466. What large city is situated at the junction of the 
Allegany and Monongahela rivers ? 

467. On what river is the capital of Virginia situated ? 

468. What lake lies between Michigan and Wisconsin ? 

469. What large city is situated in the south-western 
part of Ohio ? 

470. Mention a city in the eastern part of Wisconsin. 

471. What two rivers having the same name empty 
into the Gulfs of Mexico and California, respectively ? 

473. What is the capital of Minnesota .' 

473. Mention one of the four provinces of the Dominion 
of Canada. 

474. What country of South America bounds Colombia 
on the cast ? 

475. In what direction is England from Spain ? 

476. What is the capital of Norway ? 

477. What large city is situated between the Black Sea 
and the Sea of Marmora ? 

478. What country bounds the Chinese Empire on the 
north ? 

479. What mountains are situated in the north-western 
part of Africa .? 

880. What large river empties into the Gulf of Guinea ♦ 



£!xaminatio7i XXI. J^une 6, 787Sm 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

481. What part of the earth's surface has no sunlight at 
the time of our midsummer ? 

483. Mention one of the conditions upon which climate 
depends. 



THE REGENTS QCESTIONS. 



483. Which zone contains most of the coral islands ? 

484. In what general direction does the Gulf Stream 
flow off the United States coast ? 

485. In what ocean is the geoa^raphical centre of the 
Eastern Hemisphere ? 

486. Which grand division lies partly in the Eastern 
and partly in the Western Hemisphere 7 

487. What province bounds Maine on the east ? 

488. Among what mountains does tlie Hudson river 
rise? 

489. What river flows between South Carolina and 
Georgia 7 

490. On what river is St. Louis situated ? 

491. What ocean receives the principal drainage of 
South America? 

492. What country lies almost wholly on the western 
slope of the Andes mountains ? 

493. What is the name of that arm of the ocean into 
which the Parana river empties ? 

494. What is the capital of the Argentine Republic? 

495. What sea lies west of Denmark ? 

496. Of what empire is Vienna the capital ? 

497. Through what country does the lower part of the 
Danube flow ? 

498. In what country of Asia is the river Ganges ? 

499. What sea forms part of the northern boundary of 
Persia ? 

500. Mention one of the large rivers of the ChineM 
Empire. 

501. In what ocean is Madagascar? 

502. Which extends further south : Africa, Australia or 
South America ? 

503. Mention one of the ranges of mountains between 
the Red Sea and the Cape of Good Hope. 

504. Towards which pole does the sun cast shadows at 
midday, in the south temperate zone ? 



GEOGRAPHT. 



Examination XXII. A^or. 7, 787 S. 

(9:00-10:30 A. M.) 

405-509. Meution and bouud each of the five zones. 

510. Which State of New England has the highest 
mountains 1 

511-518. Wlj^t States east of the Mississippi river have 
neither sea nor lake coast ? 

514-516. "What States border on Lake Superior ? 

517. What river forms part of the boundary between 
New York and Pennsylvania ? 

518. Through what States does the Mississippi flow .' 
519-520. What parallels of latitude form parts of the 

northern boundary of the United States ^ 

521-522. Which are the two largest of the West India 
Islands 1 

523-524. Mention two countries of South America that 
are crossed by the equator. 

525. What countrj' of South America lies wholly upon 
the western slope of the Andes Mountains ? 

526-528. Mention three peninsular countries in the 
Boutli of Europe. 

529-532. Mention the four countries comprised in the 
British Isles. 

533-535. What three noted rivers of Europe rise among 
the Alps ? 

536-538. Into what sea do each of these three rivers 
(533-535) empty ? 

539, What important country of Asia consists of islands 
only? 

540. What strait at the eastern extermity of Siberia ? 
541-542. What are the two largest rivers of Africa .' 

543. What sea is connected with the ocean by the Strait 
of Bab el Mandeb ? 

544. What country of Africa borders on the Strait ol 
Gibraltar ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Examination XXIII. I'eb. 27 y /874., 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

What ici'eat circle separates (545) the Northern from thfl 
Southern Hemisphere; and what one (546) the Eastern 
from the Western ? 

547. Does the Northern or the Southern Hemisphere 
contaiu more land surface ; and, in like manner, (548) the 
Eastern or the Western ? 

Mention, as nearly as you can in the order of size, 
beginning with the largest, the six grand divisions of 

land on the Earth's surface : (549) ; (550) ; 

(551) ; (552) ; (553) ; (554) . 

Mention in like order as above, the five oceans : (555) 
; (556) ; (557) ; (558) ; (559) . 

Give the (560) latitude, and the (561) longitude (from 
Greenwich) of the central point on the map of the West- 
ern Hemisphere. 

Mention the largest gulf on the American side of the 
(563) Atlantic, and (563) Pacific Oceans, respectively. 

Mention five of the lakes drained by the river St. Law- 
rence: (564) ; (565) ; (566) ; (567) ; 

(568 J . 

What two peninsulas and large intervening islands 
partially separate the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean 
Sea.' (569) ; (570) ; (571) . 

572. What body of water, in size approaching the Gulf 
of Mexico, is comprised within the limits of North 
America ? 

Mention five of the seas into which a vessel might sail 

going eastward from the Strait of Gibraltar : (573) ; 

(574) ; (575) ; (576) ; (577) . 

Mention four bodies of water (seas, gulfs and bays) into 
which a vessel may sail from the Indian Ocean : (578) 
; (579) ; (580) ; (581) . 

Mention three inland Asiatic Seas, each having no out- 
let : (582) ; (583) ; (584) . 



GEOGKAPHT. 

Examination XX IT. June 5, 787^^ 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

585-587. Give three proofs that the earth is sphericaL 

588. What is the situation of places whose time of day 
agrees with our own ? 

589. What is the situation of places which have the 
Bame length of day and night that we have? 

590. In what ocean is a ship which is in W S. latitude 
and 70° E. longitude from Greenwich ? 

591. By what two bodies of water are the Arctic and 
Pacific Ocean connected ? 

592. Draw the outline of a hemispherical map, with the 
usual number of gieat and small circles ; (593) indicate 
the point of no latitude and no longitude by a ; (594) 
and mark its number of degrees on each parallel and 
meridian represented. 

595. To what great river system does Lake Champlain 
belong ? 

596. Bound the State of Connecticut. 

597-599. What three groups of islands are included in 
the West Indies ? 

600-601. What peninsula and island are partly in the 
Eastern and partly in the Western Hemisphere ? 

602. What is the season of the year at Cape Horn iu 
July? 

60S. What European sea borders on the Arctic Ocean ? 

604-608. Mention five ranges of mountains each either 
witliin or bordering upon Europe. 

609-614. Mention six of the islands of the Mediterranean 
eea? 

615-618. Mention four seas which form parts of the 
fv^estern boundary of Asia. 

619. On what river is Nankin situated ? 

620-622. Of what three divisions does Oceanica consist ? 

62S-624. What is the largest island adjacent to Africa, 
and what body of water separates them ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Bxamiiiatlon XXT. JX'or. 6, 787 A. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

625-626. What parallels of latitude are in the northem 
boundary of the United States ? 

627. What river rises in Pennsylvania and flows north 
through New York into Lake Ontario ? 

628. Is the southern point of Florida, or the mouth of 
the Rio Grande, further south .' 

629. What is the distance, in statute miles, from the 
most southern limit of the United States, in about 26® N. 
latitude, to the northern boundary, on the meridian of 
that limit 1 

630. What river rises in the United States whose watert 
fiow through a lake into Hudson's Bay .' 

631. What river is between Lower Canada (or Province 
of Quebec) and Upper Canada (or Ontario;? 

632. What two Pjovinces of British America are wholly 
south of the river St. Lawrence? 

633. What is the general direction of peninsulas .> 
634-635. What is the extent north and south of South 

America in degrees and in miles, the latitude of the 
Isthmus of Panama being 9° north ? 

636-637. What are the two principal water sheds of the 
United States ? 

638-639. What river of Africa empties into the Mediter- 
ranean, and through which part does it flow ? 

640. In what zone is the highest civilization ? 

641. Where are the Islands of Japan? 

642-645. What four seas on the eastern coast of Asia? 

6'J6. Of what does the British Empire consist.' 

^il. What islands in the Mediterranean belong to Great 
Britain ? 

648-6.55. Through what bodies of water wiU a ship pasf 
on the shortest way from London to Calcutta ? 

656-659. What countries of Europe touch the Baltic 
Bea. and what (660-664) the Mediterranean? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Bxami9iation XXYI, F'eb. 26, 7875, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

665. What is Latitude ; (666) on what circle is it 
measured ; (667) are degrees of Latitude of equal length ? 

668. What points on the earth's surface have the great- 
est latitude, and what is it ? 

669. How many statute miles in a degree of latitude ? 

670. The length of a degree of latitude being known 
how can the earth's circumference be found ? 

671. What is Longitude ; and (673) from what meridiai> 
or meridians, on your map, is it reckoned ? 

673. How many degress of longitude may there be .' 

674. Are degrees of longitude of equal length "i 

675. Where are degrees of latitude and longitude of 
equal length "i (These questions are on the supposition, 
that the earth is a perfect sphere.) 

676. What is the longitude of the Poles ? 

677. How is the situation of any place on the earth 
determined ? 

678. Bound the Atlantic Ocean. 

679-683, Mention four Atlantic groups of islands; 

683. What large island partly in the Atlantic and 
partly in the Arctic Oceans 1 

684-688. Mention five groups of islands in the Pacific 
Ocean, included in Oceanica. 

689. In what geneial direction will a ship sail in goinj^ 
from New York to Liverpool ." 

690-694. Which are the five principal bays on the 
Atlantic coast of the United States ? 

Describe the (695) Hudson and the (696) Connecticut 
rivers ; — where each rises, in what direction it flows, and 
where it empties. 

697. Mention and describe the largest river which flowt 
Into Delaware Bay. 

698-700. Mention the three largest rivers of South, 
iunerica which flow into the Atlantic. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



701. Mention five countries of South America which 
border on the Atlantic, (702) four on the Pacific, (703) one 
wholly inland, and (704) six countries of Asia. 



Bxamination XXYII, Ju7ie J^, /87S, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

705. In what general direction do the rivers of the 
Eastern and Middle States flow, and (706) those of the 
Southern States which empty into the Atlantic ? 

709-709. Mention three rivers which empty into Long 
Island Sound. 

What large river empties into (710) New York Bay ? 
(711) into Delaware Bay.' (713) into Chesapeake Bay? 

713. What river forms about half of the southern 
boundary of the United States ? 

714. Mention the most extensive river basin of the 
United States ; (715) where does this basin begin on the 
north, and (716) where terminate south? 

717. Mention five States on the eastern, and (718) five 
on the western slope of this basin. 

Mention two rivers in the northern part of the United 
States whose sources are near each other ; (719) one of 
which empties into the Pacific, and (720) and the other by 
the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 

721. Mention the four great lakes between the United 
States and Canada; (722) what large lake connected 
with these is wholly in the United States ? 

723. What extensive mountain chain in the western part 
of the United States, and (724) what is its general direc- 
tion ? (725) What mountain chain in the eastern part, 
and (726) what is its direction ? 

What (727) state and what (728) province bound th« 
Eastern States on the west ? 



GEOORAPHT. 

72&-733. Through what principal waters may the 
products of the western States pass from Chicago to 
Montreal ? and (73i) through what, by the shortest route, 
from Chicago to New York ? 

735. Mention the highest mountain of South America; 
(736-738) mention three South American countries 
traversed b}' the Andes mountains. 

739. Mention six countries of Europe which border on 
the Atlantic or on the seas or bays connected with it, and 
(740) five countries in that part of Europe bordering on 
the Mediterranean ; (741) bound Europe. 

742. What great empire in the eastern part of Europe 
and extending into Asia ? (743) Bound Asia. 

744. What countries of Africa border on the Mediter- 
ranean Sea ? 



Examination XXTIII. JVov, 6, 7876. 

(1:80-3:00 P. M.) 

745. Within which Hemisphere (northern or southern, 
ind eastern or western) is Australia included ^ 

746. Give a similar statement in relation to the Hemi- 
spheres within which the Caribbean sea is included. 

Define the (747) egif a tor, (748) tropics, (74Q) polar circles, 
(750) latitude and (751) longitude. 

752-760. Write, in the order of their succession from 
north to south, the names of the zones and of the circles 
which separate them. 

What is the (761; length and (762) breadth, in degrees, 
of the zone crossed by the equator ? 

What (763) hay partly separates New Brunswick from 
Nova Scotia ; and (764) what strait, Spain from Africa ? 

What parallels bound the United States, (765) westward 
from the Lake of the Woods, and (766) eastward from 
the River St. Lawrence, respectively ? 

767. What is the outlet of Lake Huron ? 



THE regents' questions. 



768. What is the capital of California, and (769) on "wnai 
river is it situated f 

770. What river forms most of the boundary between 
Maryland and Virginia; and (771) where does it empty? 

773. Mention and describe the largest eastern branch of 
the Mississippi river. 

773-775. Name the three largest of the West India 
Islands. 

776. What and where is Terra del Fuego ? 

777. What countries constitute Great Britain ? 

778. What sea lies between Italy and Turkey ? 

779. What mountains on the east of Norway ? 

780. What larger river empties into the Black Sea from 
the west ? 

781. What mountain between the Chinese Empire and 
Hindoostan ? 

783. Where is the Empire of Japan, and (783) of what 
does it consist ? 

784. Where is the Island of St. Helena (nearest which 
grand division, and in what ocean) ? 



Bxaminati07i XXIX, J^eb. 26 y 7876. 

(1:30-5:00 P. M.) 

785. What motion of the earth causes the alternation 
of day and night? 

What is the (786) meridian, and what the (787) longitude 
of a place ? 

788. How does the isthmus differ from a strait f 

789. Which has at any time the longer day, Quito or 
Moscow "» (790) and why ? 

791-793. Of what three departments does the United 
States government consist ; and of what does each d©» 
partment consist? 



OEOGBAPHT. 



Mention the (794-795) two principal mountain systems 
of the United States, and (796-799) four groups or rangci 
oelonging to the more easterly system. 

800-804. Mention five cities on the Mississippi and iU 
tributaries, and the State in which each is located. 

805-811. Through what waters would a ship pass in 
sailing from St. Louis to Constantinople ? 

^°Only seven answers are called for, though more 
might be given. 

81^816. Mention and describe five rivers that empty 
into the Atlantic or its adjacent bays, between the Hud- 
son and the Savannah. 

Mention a country of South America (817) wholly 
north of the Equator ; another (818) crossed by the 
Equator ; and a third (819) wholly south of the Equator, 
but farther north than Patagonia. 

820. What and where is the Crimea ? 

821. Mention and describe a river of Africa that empties 
into the Mediterranean Sea. 

822. What mountain range on the joint border of 
France and Spain ; (823) of Norway or Sweden ; (834) of 
Russia and Siberia ? 



JSxamination XXX. Ju7ie 9y 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

825. Bound the territory of the United States. 

826. Through what large bodies of water does a part of 
the northern boundary of the United States run ? 

827. Name the New England States. 

829-836. Name the other States which border on the 
A.tlantic. 
837. What States border on the Pacific ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



838. What mountain system is nearly parallel with the 
Atlantic coast ; (839) into what do the rivers on the east- 
ern slope flow, and (840) into what those on its western 
elope ? 

841. What great mountain system of the Western 
Hemisphere is nearly parallel with the Pacific, and into 
what do the rivers on its (842) eastern slope, and (843) 
those on its western, empty ? 

844. What range of mountains in Oregon ? 

845-846. Mention two ranges in California, and (847) 
one group in Arkansas. 

848. What four countries of Europe are denominated 
empires ? 

849. Mention the capital of each of these empires. 

850. Which of these empires extend into Asia? 

851. What territory has France in Africa ? 

852-856. Starting southerly from the Straits of Gibraltar, 
through what bodies of water will a ship sail in passing 
around Africa to the place of starting ? 

857. How many times will she cross the equator ? 

858-861. What three prominent capes, and what large 
Island will she pass ? 

862. Through what waters will a ship sail in passing 
easterly from Gibraltar to Calcutta; (863) what two 
prominent capes, and (864) what large island will she 
pass during the latter half of the voyage ? 



JExamination XXXI. JVov. 70, 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

865. Which oceans each extend across three zones : and 
(866) what are the names of those zones ? 

Mention (867) two grand divisions, and (868) two large 
Islands that are crossed by the equator. 

869-871. What three large bodies of land are crossed by 
the tropic of Capricorn ? 



OBOGRAPHT. 

873. How many degrees from Greenwich is the middle 
meridian of the Western Hemisphere ? 

873-875. What are the three principal divisions ol 
North America ? 

876. Which is the wider: the Atlantic or the Pacific 
side of the United States ? 

877-881. Mention five large bays and gulfs along the 
Atlantic side of North America. 

882. Which ocean is most interspersed with islands ? 

883. What recently acquired territory of the United 
States extends eastward from Behring's Strait to British 
America ? 

848-885. Which two of the United States extend farthest 
south, and (886) what one farthest north ? 

887. What river forms part of the north-east boundary 
of the United States : and (888) what river forms part of 
the south-west boundary ? 

889. What city on the north shore of Lake Ontario? 

890-897. What States are adjacent to Tennessee ? 

898-900. What countries (excluding islands) of Europe 
are either wholly or partly west of the meridian of 
Greenwich ? 

901. In what direction is Ceylon from Japan ? 

903. What gulf is counected with the Arabian Sea? 

903. Under what government is the country between 
the Mediterranean and Black Seas ? 

904. What irreat luoaniain chain north of India? 



Examination XXXII. March 2, 7877* 
(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

905. If a line be drawn on a map of the world from 
Greenland to the Cape of Good Hope, what ocean will it 
cross ? (906) From Alaska to Cape Horn ? (907) From 
/Lfrica to Australia ? 



THE KEOENTS QUESTIONS 



90S. How mauy degrees is lUe Tropic of Capricorn 
from the Nortli Polar circle? 

909. What mountain range is the water-bhed hetwceo 
the western tributaries of the Mississippi and the rivers 
which empty into the Pacific ? 

910. What city on an island in the St. Laurence op- 
posite the mouth of the Ottawa river? 

91]-'.tl4. What States are drained in part by the Con- 
necticut river ? 

915. Near what parallel of latitude is Philadelphia? 

916. What parallel forms part of the S. boundary ol 
New York? 

917-922. Mention six states and territories directly be- 
tween St. Louis and San Francisco ? 
92H Where is the Sierra Nevada range ? 
984. What city near the moijth of the Mississippi? 
925-926. What peninsulas indent the Mexican Gulf? 

927. What sea east of Central America ? 

928. What isthmus between Mexico and Central 
America ? 

929-930. Mention two countries of South America that 
are crossed by the equator ? 

931. What republic has Europe ? 

932. What large peninsula between the Baltic sea and 
the Atlantic ? (933) Between the North sea and tho 
Baltic ? 

934. What mountain-chain traverses Italy ? 

935. On what river of Italy is Rome situated ? 

936. What country lies east of the Red sea ? 

937. What country north of the Chinese empire ? 
988. In which one of the five zones is most of Asia ? 

939. What large gulf indents the west coast of A fnca ! 

940. What large island belongs to Africa ? 

941. In what direction from Persia is Australia ? 
942-943. In which two zones is Australia ? 

944. To what government does Australia belong.' 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Exnminati07i XXXIII, June 8, f877* 

(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

&45. Which one of the Middle States extends farthest 
south, and (946), (947) which two of the United States 
exieud farthest west ? 

94S-V»19. Mention the two chief rivers of the state ol 
Maine. 

950. What river, rising in New Hampshire, passes 
thruiiirh the north-eastern part of Massachusetts ? 

951. What island forms the south-eastern extremity of 
Massachusetts ? 

953. In what state, and (953) on the shore of what, is 
Chicago situated ? 

95:3-954. Describe, in a similar manner, the location of 
Cincinnati, and (.955) (956) that of St. Louis. 

957-958. Mention two cities of Canada situated on the 
St. Lawrence river. 

959-961. What waters lie around the group of West 
India Islands ? 

963-963. Which two of the Greater Antilles are smaller 
than the other two ? 

964-966. Through what principal bodies of water (i. e. 
other than rivers and straits or channels) would a ship 
fcail in passing from London to St. Petersburgh ? 

967-973. Answer the same question for the route from 
Lisbon to the Sea of Azof ? 

973. Which extends farthest south, Europe or Asia ? 

974-975. What two ranges of mountains are on the 
boundary line between Europe and Asia ? 

976-977. What large body of water is near each end of 
the more southerly of these ranges 7 

978. What sea lies between the peninsula of Corea and 
China proper ? 

979. Where are the Canary Islands ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



980-981. Wbat countries of Africa, other than Egypt, 
border on the Red Sea ? 

982. What canal connects the Mediterranean with the 
Red Sea ? 

983. Which extends farther north, Africa or South 
America ? 

984. Which country of Africa extends farthest SDUth ? 



JEJxamifiation XXXIY, JSTov. 9, 7877. 

(1:30—3:00 P. M.) 

985. In what ocean is a vessel whose latitude if* 40** N.^ 
and longitude 40° W. from Greenwich ? 
986-97. Between what circles is the S. T. zoue ? 

988. What division of water corresponds to an isthmus ? 

989. What body of land corresponds to a lake ? 

990. What river is the outlet of the great lakes ol 
North America .' 

991. In what state are the White Mountains ? 

992. What large island forms part of the State of New 
York? 

993. What river on the western boundary of New 
Jersey ? 

994. What river on the southern and western boundary 
of Maryland ? 

995. On what river is the capital of the U. S. ? 

996. By what is Lousiana bounded on the west ? 
997-999. Mention the three largest cities of the U. 8. 

west of the meridian of Washington, and north of th« 
parallel of New Orleans. 
1000-4. On what lakes does Michigan border ? 

1005. What parallel of latitude forms pan of the aortli> 
arn boundary of Minnesota ? 

1006. What territory bounds Oregon on the Noith ? 



THB REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



1007-8. In what two zones is Mexico? 

1009. What large Island does a vessel pass in enteriag 
the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic ? 

1010. What is the longitude of Greenwich, reckoning 
from Washington as prime meridian ? 

In what direction fiom England is (1011) Ireland ? (1012) 
Scotland? (1013) Wales? (1014) Spain ? 

1015. What country occupies the whole of northern 
Asia ? 

1016. What large gulf on the western coast of Africa, 
and (1017) what large river flows into it ? 

1018. What is the largest city in Egypt? 

1019. In what ocean is Polynesia? 

1020. What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn ? 
102l-2'd. Mention three large Islands lying between 

Australia and the eastern part of Asia; and (1024) one 
near Hindostan. on the side toward Australia. 



Examiviation XXXY. Mcirch /, 7878, 

ri:1.5— 2:45 P. M.) 

1025. How long is the day at either Pole ? 

1026. When does the day begin and end, at the North 
Pole? 

1027. Which is farther from Albany, a point 10® north, 
or one lO'' west of it ; and 

1028. Why ? 

1029-83. Mention five lakes wholly within the State of 
New York, 
1084. What is the capital of the Dominion of Canada \ 
103.5-38. Mention the provinces of that Dominion. 

1039. What lakes does the Welland Canal connect? 

1040. What bay on the ea^'t of Lake Huron, and 

1041. What one on the west ? 



THE regents' QUESTIOH8. 



1042. Between what two rivers is Philadelphia f 

1043. What is the capital of Denmark ? 

1044. Into what does the Danube empty ? 

1045. Which is the largest of the Sandwich Islands? 

1046. Mention a river in Africa south of the Equator. 

1047. What is the capital of Japan ? 

1048. To which ocean doe ^ the Gulf of Guinea belong f 
1049-50. State two conditions which determine climate. 
1051-53. Give three proofs of the form of the earth. 
1054. What is a watershed ? 

10.55. Describe the position of the tropics on the globe. 

1056. Glasgow and Edinburgh : — which is on the east 
»nd which on the west side of Scotland ? 

1057. The Rivers Rhine and Rhone: — which is the 
French aud which is the German river; and (1058) which 
runs northerly and which southerly ? 

1059-64. Name in their order the states aud territories 
crossed by the direct line from St. Louis to San Fran- 
cisco. 



JSxmnination XXXYJ, Jime 7, f878, 

(1:15— 2:45 p. M.) 

1065-68. Define continent, peninsula, promontory^ 
plateau. 

1069-70. Which continents are crossed by the tropic 
of Cancer and which by the tropic of Capricorn .' 

1071- 72. Should a traveler go to the point on the earth't 
surface directly opposite Greenwich, in which hemis- 
pheres (northern or southern, and eastern or western), 
and in which great division of land or of water, would 
he be 7 

1073. Which of the six continents has the most irre- 
gular outline, in proportion to its size ? 



THE regents' questions. 



1074. Which pole is now in darkness ? (1075) Whesn 
did it pass into darkness, and (1076) when will it a^ain 
come into sunlight ? 

1077-79. If the inclination of the earth's axis were to 
become 30^. what changes would the several zones un- 
dergo, as to extent ? Make a diagiaui or map of the 
zones, and insert dotted liues to thow their extent on 
the supposition made. 

1080-82. Name three rivers, each forming part of the 
boundary between the United States and some other 
division of North America. 

1083. Which is the most westerly of the lakes wholly 
within the State of New York, and (1084) by what rivers 
does it reach the sea ? 

1085-88. Name three rivers that empty into Lake On- 
tario on the side of New York, and one that empties into 
Lake Champlain. 

1089-93. What five State capitals east of the Mississippi 
river are in about the same latitude as Philadelphia? 
Draw a small outline map of these five States, in connec- 
tion, and the location of their capitals. 

1094-95. To what two river systems do the rivers of 
Ohio belong ? 

1096-98. Which three of the United States border on 
Lake Superior .' 

1099. What country of South America touches both the 
Carribean sea and the Pacific ocean ? 

1100. By what seas and (1101) oceans is Africa chiefly 
bounded 7 

1103. Name one of the large lakes regarded as source! 
of the Nile. 
llOS-4. Name and describe two rivers of Asia. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Exainination XXXVIL JVov. 8, 1878. 

(1:15— 2:45 p. M.) 
1105-6. AVhat is the Gulf Stream ? Give its course. 
1107. What influence does it have on the climate of 
countries along whose coast it flows ? 
1108-12. What races of people are there ? 

1113. Which race has the highest civilization ? 

1114. What has given to the city of New York its 
great commercial superiority? 

1115. Describe the chief river of New York. 

1116. To what place is it navigable ? 

1117-23. Name the counties in order on its east side, 
as far north as Lake Champlain. 

1124-31. Name those on Lake Ontario and the river 
St. Lawrence. 

1132. On what lake is Buffalo ? 1133. Plattsburgh ? 

1134-35. What city of Connecticut is on Long Island 
Sound, and for what is it distinguished ? 

1136-38. Name three cities of the United States hav- 
ing the greatest population, and in their order. 

1139. What important commercial city on the Ohio 
River ? 1140. On Lake Michigan ? 1141. On the Mis- 
sissippi, above New Orleans ? 

1142. What is the latitude of the extreme northern 
cape of Africa (within two degrees) ? 

1143. What of the extreme southern cape ? 

1144. What is the length of Africa in miles ? 

1145. Will it be noon at places east of a given meri- 
dian earlier, or later, than on that meridian ? 

1146. "VMiat is the difference of time for one degree 
difference of longitude ? 

1147-49. What three rivers in Europe rise near each 
other, and flow, one into the North Sea, one into the 
Mediterranean, and one into the Black Sea? 

1150. What empire extends from the Black Sea to 
the Arctic Ocean ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1151. To what sea does the Austrian Empire extend? 
1152-53. To what two seas, the German Em])ire ? 

1154-56. What bodies of water wash the shores of 
France ? 1157-58. Of Spain ? 

1159. Where is the Island of Cyprus ? 

1160. Under what European power is Hindostan ? 
1161-62. What two empires are partly in Europe and 

partly in Asia ? 
1163-64. Name the capitals of Germany and Austria. 



Special Exainiiiation. 

(Supplementary to No. XXXVII, protest having been 
made against Questions 1117-31. Schools so desiring 
were permitted to use this examination instead. Time, 
one hour and a half.) 

1165. Through what strait is the entrance into Baffin's 
Bay? 

1166. What land on the east of that bay and strait ? 

1167. What strait separates Alaska from Asia ? 

1168. What province of British America between 
Alaska and the United States ? 

1169. What large bay extends south into British 
America ? 

1170. What is the southern part of that bay called ? 
1171-72. What are the two great mountain systems 

of North America ? 

1173. Which of these systems gives rise to the largest 
rivers ? 

1174. On which slope do these rivers flow ? 

1175. Why are the rivers on the western slope of this 
system smaller than those on the eastern slope ? 

1176. What city on the Mississippi River a little below 
the mouth of the Missouri ? 

1177. What city in Ohio on the Ohio River ? 

1178. What, in Kentucky ? 



THE regents' questions. 



1179-80. What city at the head of Lake Michigan, and 
in what State is it ? 

1181. What city at the eastern extremity of the New 
York Central Railroad ? 

1183. What one at the western extremity ? 

1183-85. Name three cities between those at the ex- 
tremities of the same road. 

1186. lu what direction will a ship sail from San Fran- 
cisco to Japan ? 

1187. What is the great mountain system of South 
America ? 

1188-90. What are the three great rivers of South 
America ? 

1191. Why are they great ? 

1192. What large empire in South America ? 

1193. What is the form of government of the other 
countries of South America ? 

1194. How can a ship pass from the Atlantic to the 
Pacitic without going around Cape Horn ? 

1195. What sea bounds Europe on the south ? 

1196. What ocean on the north ? 

1197-98. Name two seas in the northern part of 
Europe. 

1199-1200. Name two gulfs in the Baltic Sea. 

1201-3. What mountains, river, and sea make the 
eastern boundary of Europe ? 

1204-5. What two islands between Italy and Spain ? 

1206. What ocean bounds Asia on the north ? 

1207. Wliat on the east ? 

1208. What on the south ? 

1209. What country extends across the northern part 
of Asia ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Examination XXXVIII. Feb. 28, 1879. 

(1:15—2:45 p. M.) 

Draw a circle to represent the ordinary hemispherical 
map : then 

1210. Locate and name the poles and the equator. 

1211-14. Also, the circles which mark the divisions of 
the earth's surface into zones, and name these circles. 

1215. Mark the latitude of each of these circles. 

1216. Write the names of the zones in their proper 
places on the map. 

1217-19. What countries of the western hemisphere 
are wholly or partly in the north temperate zone ? 

1220-21. What countries of North America are wholly^ 
or partly in the torrid zone ? 

1222-25. Bound the county in which you now are. 

1226-32. Describe the northern boundary of the- 
United States, from the Pacific Ocean to New Hampshire. 

1233-34. What States on the Mexican boundary ? 

1235-38. Name the four capes on the extreme north^ 
east, south, and west coasts of South America. 

1239-40. By what European nations was South Ame- 
rica colonized ? and, 1241. Is any part now subject to 
either of those nations ? 

1242-43. What are the forms of government in Soutlf 
America ? 

1244-46. Name three principal projections of landi 
(peninsulas) on the western coast of Europe ? 

1247-48. Name two extending into the Mediterranean. 

1249. In what zone is the greater part of Europe? 

1250-52. What countries of Europe are partly in the 
frigid zone ? 

1253-54. What channel and strait separate England 
from France ? 

1255-56. Name the capital of France and the river on 
which it is located. 

1257. What seaport of France on the Mediterranean ? 



THE regents' QUESTION'S. 



1258-61. Name aud locate four mouutain ran:^es in 
Europe. 

126^-63, What country in Asia is under the British 
Government, and what is its capital ? 

1264-66. What three groups of islands on the north- 
west coast of Africa ? 

1267-68. Mention two lakes of Africa, under the equa- 
tor, sources of the Nile. 

1269, What large river of Africa empties into the 
Atlantic ? 



Examination XXXIX. June 6, 1879. 

(1:15—2:45 p. m.) 
1270. AVhlch ocean has the least coast line? 
1271-72. Give the length and breadth of the torrid 
zone, in degrees. 

1273. What is the season of the year at the Cape of 
Good Hope, in July ? 

1274. What noted group of islands in the line of 
commerce between North America and China ? 

1275. Which ocean receives the greatest amount of 
drainage from North aud South America ? 

1276-77. Which two meridians bound the eastern and 
western hemispheres ? 

1278. Wliat river separates Oi'egon from Washington 
Territory ? 1279. Texas from Mexico ? 

1280. Into about how manj' States of the size of 
New York could Texas be divided ? 

1281. What parallel forms part of the northern 
boundary of Minnesota ? 

1282. In which State are the richest mines of copper ? 
1283. In which, of coal ? 

1284. What is the U. S. form of government ? 
1285-87. Of what three departments does it consist ? 
1288. Through what do vessels pass from Lake Ontario 
to Lake Erie ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1289-90. What rivers drain the lakes of Central 
New York? 

1291-93. Mention the 3 largest of these lakes. 

1294-97. Each of two islands of JSTew York is a 
county (under another name) : give the island name 
and the county name of each. 

1298-1301. Which is the largest island of New 
York, and into what counties is it divided? 

1302-4. Bound three countries of South America. 

1305. What city of France is the seaport of Paris? 

1306. What mountain chain traverses Italy? 

1307. What sea between Italy and Turkey? 
1308-11. Mention four great seas on the west of Asia. 

1312. What river empties into the Dead Sea? 

1313. What is the capital of the Turkish Empire? 

1314. Of China? 

1315. Of Brazil? 

1316. Of Ecuador? 

1317. What large island south of Hindoostan? 

1318. What tropic crosses Hindoostan and China? 

1319. What is the most noted product of China? 
1320-23. Mention the four principal bodies of 

water on the coast of Africa; and 

1324-25. Two islands in S. Latitude, one east and 
one west of Africa. 

1326. How is the fertility of Egypt annually re- 
newed ? 

1327-29. In what zones is Africa? 



Ejcawii.nation XL. JSCov. 7, 1879. 
(1:15—2:45, p. m.) 
1330. Which grand division has the most exten- 
sive and elevated plateaus? 



THE regents' questions. 



1331. What seaport has New Hampshire? 

1332-35. Mention two cities on the Connecticut 
river, and the state in which eacli is located. 

1336-43. Write in a column the names of the 
provinces of the Dominion of Canada, and after 
each the name of its chief city (or one of its cities.) 

1344-46. What mountains are between Connecti- 
cut river and Lake Champlain? Between the Hud- 
son and Susquehanna rivers? Between Lake Cham- 
plain and the St. Lawrence? 

1347-52. Mention 3 lakes and 3 large rivers that 
form part of the boundary of N. Y. State. 

1353-56. Mention the chief sea port and the chief 
lake port of this state, and the waters by which 
boats pass {by the shortest route) between them. 

Mention the cities of this state which answer to 
the following descriptions: 

1357. Near Onondaga lake. 

1358. On the Genesee river near Lake Ontario? 

1359. At junction of Chenango and Susquehanna 
rivers. 

1360-62. Near junction of Mohawk and Hudson 
rivers. 

1363. Near Penn. line, west of the Susquehanna. 

1364. On the St. Lawrence river. 

1365-66. Which of the eastern states are crossed 
by the parallel of 45° N. latitude? 

1367-70. Looking at the map of the U. S., what 
great central river may be compared to the trunk of 
a tree, which are its 2 chief opposite branches, and 
into what large body of water does the trunk river 
empty? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1371. Sliow by a small outline map the general 
form of S. America, and (1372) the location of its 
mountain and river systems. 

1373-75. What waters are nearest the Desert of 
Sahara on the west, north and east? 

1376-80. Mention, in their order, the oceans and 
grand divisions that would be crossed in going east- 
ward from N. Y. city entirely around the world. 

1381-89. Mention, in their order, and give loca- 
tion of other natural features, such as large islands, 
rivers, seas and mountains, that might be seen on 
the same route, within the north temperate zone. 



Mxawiination XLI. Feb. 27, 1880. 
(1:15—2:45 P. m.) 

1390-91. What bay and strait seperate British 
America from Greenland? 

1392-93. What is the capital of Canada, and 
where is it situated? 

1394. What river of North America flows into 
the Arctic Ocean? 1395. Into the Grulf of Mexico 
from the west? 1339. Into the Gulf of California? 

1397. What chain of islands forms part of the 
southern boundary of Behring's or Kamtschatka 
sea? 

1398. What peninsula in the southern part of the 
United States? and (1399-1401) what waters border 
upon it? 1402. Name the principal river of Alaska. 

1403-4. Name tw^o Gulfs on the west coast of 
South AmCiica. 

1405. In what country of South America do the 
Andes attain, their highest elevation ? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



1406-9. Name two of the noted volcanic peaks of 
the Andes, and the country containing each. 

1410. Mention a range of mountains in Brazil. 

1411-12. What two rivers form the Rio De La 
Plata? 

1413-17. Name five seas bordering upon Russia. 

1418. What cape at south-west extremity of Eng 
land? 

1419. What connects the Atlantic Ocean and the 
Mediterranean Sea? 

1420. Name three large islands in the Medi'er- 
ranean Sea, and locate each. 

1426. What is the capital of Portugal? 1427. Of 
Spain? 1428. Of Denmark? 

142y. To what is the name British Empire applied? 

1430. About what proportion of the human race 
are under British rule? 

1431. Name a river of Scotland, and (1432) its 
chief city. 

1433-34. Name two peninsulas in the south of 
Asia. 

1435. What country between the Persian Gulf and 
the Caspian sea? 

1436-37. What countries of Asia border upon the 
Red Sea? 

1438-40. Name three large Islands S. E. of Asia. 

1441. What large sea between N. America and 
Asia? and (1442) what connects it with the Arctic 
Ocean? 

1443. W at mountains on the N. coast of Africa? 

1444. What mountains near the northern coast of 
the Gulf of Guinea? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1445-46, Tlirougli what gulf and strait must a 
vessel pass in sailing from the Indian Octan to the 
Ked Sea ? 

1447-49. Name three countries of Africa border- 
ing upon the Mediterranean Sea, west of Egypt. 



Examination XLIIia), June 4, IS 80. 
(1:30-3:00 p.m.) 

1450-51. What bay and strait connect the Arctic 
and Atlantic oceans ? 

1452-53. What sea and strait connect the Arctic 
aiid Pacific oceans ? 

1454-55. Bound the Caribbean sea (on two sides 
by groups of islands). 

1456-57. Between what two localities has North 
America its greatest extent ? 

1458. What is the direction of a straight line join- 
tliese two localities ? 

1459. What parallel of latitude approximately di- 
vides North from South America ? 

1460-61. What is the general direction of the w^est- 
ern coast of North America ? and of South America ? 

1462-63. What line of latitude and meridian cross 
each other at the centre of map of western hemi- 
sphere ? 

1464-65. Considering the western hemisphere as 
thus divided into quarters (north-eastern, north- wes- 
iorn, etc. ) ^^ithin which quarter does the greatest 
part of North America lie ? and of South America ? 

1466. Within which quarter are the Sandwich Is- 
I.iuds ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



1467. Within what body of water is the central 
point of the surface of the eastern hemisphere ? 

14C8-69. What large sea and bay indent Asia on 
the south ? and (1470) what peninsula lies between 
them ? 

1471-72. Mention two large islands between Aus- 
tralia and Eastern Asia, and (1473. ) a peculiar chain 
of islands north east of Asia, stretching towards 
North America. 

1473-77. AVhat are the several divisons of Great Brit- 
ain, and (1478) what is meant by the British Em- 
pire ? 

1479-^6. Mention eight seas that either indent or 
border upon Europe. 

1487-88. What countries border upon the bay of 
Biscay ? 

1489-98. Name ten countries of continental Europe 
(in a column), and the capital of each opposite. 

1499-1503. Name five countries of Africa that bor- 
der on the Red and Mediteranean seas. (1504) Name 
the highest mountain groups or ranges in New York, 
(1505) South America, (1506) Europe, and (1507) 
Asia. 



Examination XLIIib), June 18, 1880. 

(1:30-3:00 P.M.) 

1508-15. Describe a voyage around the world from 
Boston to Lisbon, thence to Calcutta by the shortest 
route, thence to Canton, thence to San Francisco, 
thence to Boston, nnming in order the principal 
bodies of water over which you would sail ? 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1516-20. Locate each of the cities named in the 
preceding question. 

1521. Of what would the greater p .rt of a cargo 
from Canton to San Francisco, probably consist ? 

1522-31. Name and locate two mountain groups, 
three rivers, three lakes, and two islands included 
within the state of New York. 

1532-34. Where are the following articles exten- 
sively produced : coffee, cotton, spices ? 

1535. What waters does the Erie Canal connect ? 

1536-37. Name two extensive desert regions and 
the grand divisions in which each is located ? 

1538. Which grand division has the greatest extent 
of coast line in proportion to its size ? 

1539-41. Which grand divisions nearly enclose 
the Arctic ocean ? 

1542-44. Name three important rivers of the Unit- 
ed States which have large cities at or near their 
mouths, giving the names of the cities ? 

1545-46. Which grand division is called the 
"Dark continent," and why ? 

1547-48. Name two peninsulas which extend in a 
northerly direction ? 

1549-50. Name the largest river of Europe, and 
the sea into which it flows ? 

1551-52. What are the two principal rivers of 
Hindostan ? 

1553. What is the principal mountain system of 
Asia ? 

1554. What country occupies the Great Plain of 
Europe ? 



THE HEGENTS QUESTIONS. 



1555-58. What states and territories border on 
Mexico ? 

1559. What group of hirge islands south-east of 
Australia ? 

1560. In what direction is Raleigh from Chicago ? 
- 1561. What large island in the West Indies belongs 
to Great Britain ? 

1562-63. Name the largest rivers of British Ameri- 
ca. 

1564-66. Give the largest lakes whollj^ within the 
United States. 

1567. What is the principal tributary of the Miss- 
issippi river from the east ? 



THK 

REGENT'S QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 



GRAMMAR. 



£Jxami7iation J, J\'^ov. 7, ^866. 

(1:30-3:00 P.M.) 

When are words said to be ^^ derivatwe" aud when 
*' compound ?^^ Give examples of each. 

2. What classes ol words are compared ? Give ex- 
amples of the regular comparison of words both by pre- 
fixes aud suffixes ; also, of irregular comparison, and of 
words of the same classes wliicli do not admit of com- 
parison. 

3. What are the names of the different classes of 
pronouns ? 

4. What particular pronouns are varied in form to 
denote p-ender ? 

5. Write sentences m which the relatives icho, whidh^ 
what and that are properly used. 

6. What is meant bv ccise in nouns and pronouns? 



THE regents' questions. 



7. What properties (or modifications, attributes, <fec.,) 
have verbs ? 

8. What is mood ? tense ? 

9. What moods cannot be used in interrogative sen- 
tences ? 

10. What tenses can be lo]-med without auxiliaries ? 

11. Give the second person singular of the verb he in 
the several moods and tenses. 

12. What class of verbs admit of the passive form, and 
of which principal part and v hich auxiliary verh is this 
form coDstructed ? Give the first person singular passive 
of the verb see, in each of the moods and tenses. 

13. What are the principal parts of the following verbs : 
lay, lie, lead, make, ride, see, swim, write? 

14. Of Avhat does syntax treat ? 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Answer each of the questions annexed to the following 
gentence : — 

"Of Mie committee who, in June, 1776, had been ap- 
pointed 10 prepare the plan, Samuel Adams alone re- 
mained a member ; and even he was absent when * * 
'articles of confederation and perpetual union' were 
adopted, to be submitted for approbation to the severa- 
States.'"— Bancroft's JJ. S. History, Vol. IX, page 436. 

15. Of how many propositions (or principal clauses) 
does the above sentence consist, and with what word doe» 
each proposition end ? 

16. Give the leading subject and predicate of each pro- 
position ? 

17. Designate the subordinate (or auxiliary) clauses (o^ 
sentences), and the subject and predicate of each. 

18. Point out the several phrases, and the words whicL 
they respectively m.odify. 

19. Mention all the connectives, and the words, phrases, 
&c., which they severally unite. 

20. What words, phrases, &c., perform an adjective and 
what an adverbial office ? 



GRAMMAB. 



21. What kind of a noun is ^^ committee?'' '^Junef** 
^^ approbation?" 

22. Are the following words respectively primitim or 
derivative: ^'appointed,'''' ^^ prepare,''' ^'absent,'' ^'fif' 
teenth," ''articles," ''were," "States?" 

23. Parse, "who," "1776," "member," 'even" "wert 
adopted," and " to be subtnitted." 

24. Giye the voice (or form), mood, tense, person and 
number of "had been appointed" and "remained" 



Examination II, Feb, 28, 7867 * 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

"The best authors should be read by the student, that 
he may thus insensibly acquire a grace and refinement of 
expression which no arbitrary rules can give." 

25. Parse "best" in the above sentence. [In parsing 
any word, be careful to give a full statement of its pro- 
perties and relations, i. e., its etymology and syntax.^ 

26. Give the voice (or forrtx), mood, tense, person and 
number of " should be read." 

27. Decline "student." 

28. Parse "that." 

29. What auxiliary verbs are used in the above sen- 
tence ? 

30. In what mood is " acquired." 

31. In what case is "refinement." 

32. Parse "which." 

33. Tianspose each transitive (or active) clause into it8 
equivalent passive form and vice versa, and write out fhe 
full sentence in this changed form. 

34. Into what simple sentences (or clauses) can the above 
sentence be separated ? 

35. Give the subject and predicate of eaf,h simple sen- 
tence. 



TKB regents' questions. 



86. Parse ''thus." 

87. What parts of speech (or classes of words^ are not 
oontaiued in this sentence ? 

38. Parse "no." 

Pupils who have sufRcient time may add a formal an- 
alysis of the above sentence, adopting any system with 
which they are familiar. 

(3:30-4:30 p. m.) 

89. Write the plural of wharfs axis, focus, cherub^ 
phenomenon. 

40. What is the difference between an adjective and an 
adverb ? 

41. Write a sentence having for its predicate the passive, 
potcntuu, p-ff'sent, third, p>lural form of the verb see. 

42. GiA'C !i list of ten Avords commonly used as preposi- 
tions. 

43. What is the diffei-cnce in the proper use of the rela- 
tives xoho, wliich and that? 

44. Analyze the following sentence, according to any 

familiar syr^teni : — 

"The u.'^c of a good dictionary should be insisted upon 
In the i)i-ei)aration of such lessons as are learned from 
books." 

45. How may a declarative sentence be made inteiTOg- 
ative ? 

46. In the sentence, "Our fathers, where are they?" 
parse ^'fathers'' 

47. Why is the sentence "John ought to have went " 
incorrect ? 

48. In Avhat respect is the sentence, 

" Whom do men say that I am," 
grammatically incorrect r 

Pupils who have time, will please illustrate theanswem 
to the second, fifth, sixth and se\'enth questions by appro- 
priate examples. 



GRAMMAR. 



Examination III. lune 73 ^ /867» 

(1:80-3:00 P. M.) 

(>) "God made the country and man made the town. 

(2) What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 

(3) That can alone maki' ^wor^t the hitter draught 
(*«) That life holds out to all_, shoidd most abound 

(5) And least be threatened in the fields and groves? 

(6) Possess ye. theref(<re, ye who, borne about 
C) In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue 
(8) But that of idleness, and taste no scenes 
(8) But such as art con I rives, possess ye still 

(1°) Your element; there only can ye shine." 

— Goto-per's Task. 

49. How many letters in the first line of the above ex- 
ercise are liqidds ? 

50.- Write the woi'ds in tlie first five lines which contain 
diphthongs, enclosing each diphthong in a parenthesis. 

51. Which words in the sixth line are dissyllables ? 
. 52. Write the words in tlie exercise wliich are trisyllO' 
bles, and mark the accented syllable in each. 

55. Which line contains no noicn ? 

54. What part or parts of speech (or classes of worcla) 
are not contained in the aljovc exercise ? 
65. What irregular verhs occur in the exercise ? 

56. What passive participle (used only as such) ? 

57. What ve7'bs in the exercise are in the indicativ* 
mood ? 

58. Wt at ve7^bs in the potential mood ? 

59. What vei^bs in the imperative mood ? 

60. What adjectives occur in the exercise ? 

61. What personal pronouns ? 

62. What relatim pronouns ? 

Pupils who have sufficient time, are requested to ar- 
range all other words in the above exercise into columns, 
according to the parts of speech (or classes of words) to 
which they belong; also to state how many, and what 
kind or kinds of feet ai'e used in each line 



THE regents' questions. 



Accuracy in either of. these items may be counted aa one 
correct answer. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

63. In the sentence, 

'' God made the country and man made the town," 
what words, phrases or clauses does "and" connect? 

64. What is the leading subject of the following sen- 
tence : — 

(1) "What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 

(2) That can alone make sweet the bitter draught 

(3) That life holds out to all, should most abound 

(4) And least be threatened in the fields and groves ? " 

65. What is the predicate of the same sentence } 

66. Parse " that " in the first line. 

67. Parse ''■that " in the second line. 

68. Parse " that " in the third line. 

69. Parse '^ health'''' and "nVit<e," and the verbs of 
which they are the joint subject. 

70. Parse " wonder " in the first line. 

71. Parse ^''gifts'''' in the first line. 

72. Parse ^^ sweet '^ in the second line. 

Pupils who have time, Avill please give an analysis of 
the above sentence, " What wonder then" &c., according 
to any familiar system ; with one credit for accuracy in 
this particular. 



Bxamhiation IT, JVor. 7> ^867^ 
(1:30-3:80 P. M.) 

73. What is a suffix ? 

74. What is the primitive of indescribable ? 

75. How are adjectives regularly compared? 

76 Compare the adjective whose superlative is last? 
77. What is the difference between an adjective and an 
adverb ? 



GRAMMAR. 



78. What are the different offices of that ? 

79. In the sentence, '•''And is a conjunction,^'' what part 
of speech is '^and?'' 

80. Change the sentence, '■'Latin is taught by Professor 
Smith," into the corresponaing active form. 

81. Make the same sentence both active and interroga- 
tive. 

82. What part or parts of speech do not occur in the 

following sentence : — 

"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, 
Both when we wake and when we sleep." 

83. Parse "5o^?i" in the above couplet. 

84. Correct "I done as well as I could," and give the 
reason for the correction. 

85. Correct "set down and rest," and give the reason 
for the correction. 

86. "Why is the sentence, "John ought to have went," 

incorrect .' 

(3:30-4:30 P.,M.) 

"How gloriously, and yet how differently, has the Au- 
thor of Nature lighted up the day by the resplendent sun. 
and the night by "the moon and the siarry host." 

87. "What is the gramniatical subject of the above sen 
tence ? 

88. What is the granw)atical predicate? 

89. Parse the gram, s^ibject. 

90. Parse the gram, predicate. 

91. What is the modijiedov logical predicate of the above 
sentence ? 

92. Parse "differently.''' 

Correct each of the following sentences, and give the 
reason for the correction : — 

93. "Either ability or inclination were wanting." 

94. "If I was a teacher I should give shorter lessons.*' 

95. ""We hoped to have heard from you before this " 

96. "He has waxen all the threads." 



THE regents' questions. 



Bxami7iation Y. jFeb, 20, 7868,, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

97. Give the classifications' of words according to theii 
yarious offices in sentences. 

98. Write a sentence containing a compound word. 

99. Decline ''ox" in both numbers. 

100. Give a numeral adjective of the ordinal kind. 

101. Write a sentence coutaining a collective noun and a 
transitive verb. 

]03. Parse ^'tohe'' in the sentence, "To be, contents 
his natural desire." 

103. What tenses are used in the potential mood ? 

104. Give the synopsis of the verb "6e" in the second 
person singular in all the tenses of the finite moods. 

Parse '' ichaf' in each of the following sentences : — 

105. What ! art thou still unsatisfied ? 

106. What art thou doiug ? 

107. What we possessed was taken. 

Correct the followiug sentences, and give the reason for 
each correction : — 

108. ■' Trust not him whom you know is dishonest." 
309. '* What signifies good opinions when our practice* 

is bad ? " 
110. "If we study we will learn." 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

"When Boulton, the associate of the great Watt, showed 
his iron manufactory, he said, • I sell here what all men 
are anxious to buy, Powei-.'" 

Parse each of the following words, giving for nouns, 
the class or kind, gender, person, number, case, agreement 
or government, and rule of syntax ; for verbs, the prin- 
cipal parts, voice or form, mood, tense, person, number, 
agreement, and rule of syntax : — 

111 ''Boulton;'' (112) "showed;" (113) "said;" (114) 
"«eZZ;" (115) "bwy;" (116) ''Power." 



GRAMMAS. 



117. WhSit parts of speech, or classes of words, (if any,) 
are not found in the above exercise ? 

118. Separate the above exercise into the several simple 
sentences which it contains. 

119. Change " selV to the passive form, and recon- 
struct the part of the exercise which follows ^^said" to 
correspond in signification with this change of form. 

120. Analyze the whole exercise, according to any ap- 
proved system with which you are familiar. 



£Jxami7iation TI. Jatie 4^ /868. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

{}) "It is enacted in the laws of Venice, — 

(2) If it be proved against an alien, 

(3) That by direct or indirect attempts 
(<) He seeks the life of any citizen, 

(S) The part_v 'gainst the wliich he doth contrive, 
(8) Shall seize one-half his goods ; the other half 
(■') Comes to the privy coffer of the state ; 
(8) And the offender's life lies in the mercy 
(»j Of the duke only, 'gainst all other voice. 
(1") In which predicament I say thou stand'st: 
(") For it appears by manifest proceeding, - 
(i'^) That indirectly, and directly too — 
(•3) Thou hast contrived against the very life 
(") Of the defendant ; and thou hast incurred 
('») The danger formerly by me rehearsed. 
(18) Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. 

— Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1. 

131. What parts of speech (or classes of words) are 
contained in the above exercise ? 

132. Are there any proper, collective, abstract or verbal 
nouns in the exercise ? If so, make a list of them. 

133. "What words in the possessive cafee ? 

134. Which line contains no noun '? 

135. Which lines no pronoun, (expressed or cinde;- 
itood ?) 



THE regents' questions. 



126. Which line contains but two different parts ol 
speech; and what are those parts of speecli ? 

127. Compare an adjective in the exercise that admita 
of comparison. 

128. Wliich lines of the exercise contain no finite verb? 

129. Which lines have finite passive verbs : and what 
are tliose verbs ? 

130.' Make a list of the different prepositions in the 
exercise. 

131. Make a list of the adverbs, and the conjunctions, 
separately. 

132. What following parts of the exercise does "z7" in 
the first line stand for, or represent ? 

183. What does "zT' in the second line represent .' 
134. What participle (used as such) in this exercise ? 

(3:30-4:30 p. m.) 

13.5. In the clause, ^^ If it he proved against an alien,^* 
<fec., in what mood is the verb, and why ? 

136. Parse ''only'' in the phrase, '' Of the duke only." 

137. What is the principal or leading clause in the sen- 
tence, ''In which predicament I say thou stand' st." 

138. Parse "which" in the same sentence. 

139. Give the principal parts of "say" and "stand'st," 

140. Parse the verb in "Thou hast incurred the danger" 
giving the voice (or form) mood, tense, person, numbei 
subject, and rule of syntax. 

141. Change the quotation in question number 140 to 
ihe. passive form. 

142. Parse "down" in the sentence, "Down, therefore^ 
and heg mercy of the duke" giving particulars required iu 
«[uestion number 140. 

143. In what case is "mercy" and why? 

144. Parse "therefore." 



GRAMMAR. 



Examination 7^17. .A^'or, f2, 7868, 

(1:30-3:00 P. MJ 

145. What are the phirals of radius, parenthesis, phe' 
nomenon, hroiher-in-law ? 

146. Compare had, heaulifid, heavy, 7nany, 

147. What classes of words (or parts of speech) are used 
to modify or limit other words in sentences ? 

14S. Write a sentence containing lohich in the plural 
number, nominative case. 

149. Write sentences in whicli the relatives who, which 
what and that are properly used. 

150. Parse '^what''' in the sentence, This is precisely 
what loas necessary. 

151. Give a list of all the moods and tenses used in con- 
jugating verbs. 

153. Give the second person, singular, passive of the 
verb teacK in each tense of the indicative mood. 

153. What tenses, of what moods, can be formed with- 
out auxiliaries ? 

154. What are the principal parts of the verbs make, 
ride, sit, xorite? 

Correct the following sentences: — 

155. / ex2'>ected to have found him at home. 

156. The letter from which the extract is taken, and cam* 
by mail, is lost. 

. 157. Give examples of adverbs of time, place, negation 
and interrogation, 

158. Give four words commonly used as interjections. 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

159. Write a sentence to illustrate the following rule of 

syntax ; — 

Two or more singular subjects taken separately require 
the verb to be singular. 

160. What is the rule of syntax for the italicised word 
In the sentence, Did you see him strike the boy ? 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



161. Correct the four following sentences : — 
Let each love others better than themselves. 

It was not me who took it. 

Wisdom aud not wealth procure esteem. 

A nail well drove will support a great weight. 

"To him who curbs desire within the bounds of 'the 
enough,' 
The wildest blasts that heave the sea awake no fear of 
wreck." 

In the foregoing sentence parse — 

162. The snhjeot of the principal clause ; 

163. The predicate of the same clause ; 

164. The first word, "To ; " 

165. The last word of first line, '^enough.'" 

166. Change •' T/ie wildest blasts that heave the sea awake 
no fear ofivreck,'" to the aqmxaleni passive foj'm. 

167. Which words of the sentence are relatives? 

168. Analyze the sentence according to any system Avith 
which you are familiar. 



Bxaminati07i Till. Feb. /8, 7869, 
(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

169. Write a ^. ^oper noun ; a common noun ; a collective 
noun ; and an abstract noun. 

170. Give the possessive plural form of motto, lady, thou 
and man. 

171. Write a sentence containing an active transitive 
verb, and change the same into the corresponding passive 
form. 

172. Give a syu^^psis of the verb teach in the first per- 
$on, singular, active and passive. 

173. How do you distinguish adjectives from adverbs f 

174. Write an ordinal adverb ; an advej'b of manner ; 
an adverb of degree ; and a copulative conjunction. 



GRAMMAR. 



175. Give the correlatives of lad, empress, czar and 
Francis. [A masculine noun and its corresponding 
feminine are called correlative nouns.] 

176. Correct tlie folloAving in regard to capitals and 

punctuation : — 

mister smith, will you ]jlease Excuse my son John nG2.t 
friday at 10 o'clock T Jenkins 

177. Write four sentences : the first to contain who, in 
the second pci-son, plural number ; the second, which, 
singular number, objective case ; the third, whom, mas- 
culine gender ; the fourth, that, second person, singular 
Dumber. 

178. Correct the folloAving sentences : — 

He hadn't ought to have done it. 

J do not know loho she loent with. 

No country will allow of such a practice. 

It loas not me who took it. 

179. Define the grammatical terms, subject, predicate, 
mood, syntax. 

180. Compare all the words in the following couplet 

which admit of comparison : — 

How far that little candle throws his beams ! 
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 

181. What classes of verbs take the same case after aa 
before them ? 

182. Give an example to illusti'ate the last preceding 
question. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

(1) So live, that Avlien thy summons comes to join 

(a) The innumerable caravan, that moves 

(s) To that mysterious realm, where each shall take 

I*) His chamber in the silent halls of death, 

(») Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, 

(9) Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed 

C) By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, 

(8) Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 

(«) About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. 

183. Parse the predicate of the principal or leading 
islause. 



THE REGENTS' QUFSTION8. 



184. Ujioii what floes iLe infinitive "to join" depend; 
or, if you legaid "to" as a preposition, what does it 
connect ? 

i85. Give the voice (oj- fortn)^ mood, tense and subject of 
each verb in tlie !?econd, third, fifth and sevenili lines. 

186. What conjuncfions occur in the exercise, and what 
do they respectively connect.'' 

187. Parse "//iaf" wherever it occurs in the exercise. 

188. Parse ^' quarry -slave " ^'sustained," ^^one," aud 
"to" (iu the last line.) 

189. What are the principal parts of ^Hake,''' ^^go,^* 
^^ soothed'' aud ''lies?'' 

190. Make a list of all the nouns iu the exercise. 

191. What is the primitive of ^'unfaltering?" 

192. Analyze the clause from "hut" to ''dreams," in 
elusive. 



£^xami7iatio7i 7X. Ju7ie. 70, 7869, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

"If we compare our English literature to a beautiful 
garden, where Milton lifts his head to heaven in the spot- 
less chalice of the tall Avhite lily, and Shakspeare scatters 
his diamas around him in beds of fragrant roses, blushing 
with a thousand various shades. — some stained to the core 
as if with blood, others unfolding their fair pink petals 
with a lovely smile to the sumni^er sun, — what shall we 
find iu shrub or flower so like the timid, shrinking spirit 
of William Cowper as that delicate sensitive-plant, whose 
leaves, folding up at the slightest touch, cannot bear even 
the brighter rays of the cherishing sun ? " 

193. Might the former aud lattei- parts of the above ex- 
ercise be mutually transposed without materially affect- 
ing the sense ? and if so, state Avith what word such latter 
part begins. 

19i. Make a list of all the verbs m the exercise, includ* 
big participles. 



GKAMMaK. 



195. Which of these is the leading- or priucipal verb ? 

196. Give tlie ])]-iiieii)cil parts ul; this leadiu^ or prin- 
cipal verb. 

197. Make a list of all the participles, (not including 
those iiseil as parts of the finite verbs referred to In ques- 
tion 194.; 

198. Make a list of the several ^■erbs from which these 
participles are derived. 

199. Which of these participles are active and which are 
passive ? 

200. Mention all the proper nouns in the exercise. 

201. Mention any compound nouns which occur therein. 

202. In what mood is ^'compare?" 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

203. Make a list of such words in the above exercise 
as are used adjectivdy. 

204. Which of the words included in the answer to 
question 203 are participial adjectives ? 

205. What part of si)eech (or kiud of word) is '■^what ? '• 

206. In what case is the same "wj?iai," and why ? 

207. In what ease is •'spirit,'" (eig-hth line?) 

208. What part of speech (or kind of word) is " up .i* " 

209. In what mood is the last verb of the exercise ? 

210. In what mood and tense is the first verb ? 

211. In what case is "sensitive-plant?'' 

212. Select from the exercise three adjectives represent- 
ing- each of the different degrees of comparison. 

213. Parse '^ivhose.'" 

214. Parse the leading or principal subject of the 
exercise, according to any method with which you are 
familiar. 

215. Give an analysis or diagram. 

216. Does the clause (beginning with "7/"' and ending 
with ^^sun") make complete sense taken by itself ? 



THB REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Bxami7iation X. JVor. //, /869. 
(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

217. What parts of speech (or classes of words) hava 
cases ? 

218. What parts of speech (or classes of words) admit 
of comparison? 

219. How do adjectives of more than two syllables gen- 
erally form their comparative and superlative degrees ? 

220. Correct. " The pleasio-es of the mind are more 
preferable than those of the body. 

221. What is the subjuuctivc mood used to express.' 
322. Wliy is it called the ^'subjunctive''' mood ? 

223. What teuse would be used in speaking of an event 
which occurred during the past year, and without refer- 
ence to any other date or event? 

224. What class of verbs has no passive voice (or form) ? 

225. Construct a sentence having a \erh m the ])Otential 
mood. 

226. Correct, ' 'I will be drowned; no body shall help me .'." 

227. Complete this sentence by supplying verbs in the 

infinitive mood, ' ' Grammar pti'ofesses us 

cory^ectly.''' 

228. W^hat rule of syntax is disregarded in the follow- 
ing sentence : — 

''The account, or journal, which was written by Ma- 
gellan, and which seems to have been in existence as latt 
as 1783, are lost:' 

229. Conjugate the verb "learn,"" in the active, indica- 
tive, pluperfect (or prior past). 

230. Conjugate the verl- "seefc," in the passive, sub- 
junctive, present. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

(I) Sir Isaac Newton drew close to the gi'ate in which 

a fire had just been kindled. 
(•) By and by it grew very hot. 



GRAMMAR. 



(*) He rant!; the bell. 

(*) The servant came. 

(5) "Take away the grate." said the philosopher, "be- 
fore I am burned to death." 

('')"Had yon not better draw back your chair, sir?" 
said John, wa2;g'ishl_v. 

C) '"Upon my word." "said Sir Isaac, laughing, "I had 
not thought of that." 

331. Which sentence (if any) of the foregoing exercise 
contains no noun ? 

233. What sentences (or classes of sentences) in the 
exercise are not declarative.' 

383. If not declarative, what are they respectively ? 

234. What is the subject of the principal clause of the 
fifth sentence ? 

235. What are the subjects of the other clauses of the 
fifth sentence ? 

336. Give the principal parts of "drew;," ^^ kindled,* 
"gf?'eto," ''•rangy 

837. What four other irregular verbs in the exercise ? 

338. Which verbs of the exercise are in the passive voice 
(or form) ? 

239. Give the voice (or form), mood, tense, person, 
number and subject of the last verb of the exercise. 

340. Parse one at least of the four following italicised 
words, taking your choice: "Tiad" and '^draw.'' (sixth 
Bentence;) "-upon," giving antecedent terms of relation, 
and '■'thatS' (seventh sentence.) 



BxamlnaHon XI. Feb. /7, ^870. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

^') K. Henry. "Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hom 

(2) That may give furtherance to our expedition : 

(3) For we have now no thought in us but France, 
(■♦) Save those to God, that run before our business, 
(5) Therefore, let our proportions for these wars 

(») Be soon collected ; and all things thought upon 



THE regents' questions. 



C) That may, with reasonable s-vviftness, add 
(8) More f ea'^thers to our wiugs ; for, God before 
(») We '11 chide this dauphin at his father's door. 
(1") Therefore, let evei-y man now task his thought, 
("] That this fair action may on foot be brought." 

— Shakspear's King Henry V., end ofAot 1. 

241. Make a list of all the paris of speech (or classes of 
W07'ds) represented in the above exercise. 

243. Make a list of all the parts of speech (if any) not 
so represented 

Give the part of speech of each of the following 
words : — 

243. "5wV (third line;) " save, "(fourth line;) "^/lOitgrW," 
(third line ;) ^'thought,^^ (sixth line.) 

244. ^' That,'' (second, fourth, seventh and eleventh 
lines, respectively.) 

245. Make a list of all the moods represented in the 
exercise. 

246. Give an example, from the exercise, of a verb in 
each luuod so represented. 

247. Parse "^Tiwgrs," (sixth line.) 

248. Parse "before," (fourth line.) 

249. Parse "&e/ore," (eighth line.) 

250. Parse ^' chide,'' (mnih\me,)s:i\mg principal parts, 
voice (or form,) mood, tense, person, number, subject and 
rule of syntax. 

251. In what case is each proper noun in the exercise ? 
252. ' To what does ' ' those " (fourth line) refer ? 

253. Parse ^'■furtherance," (second line.) 

254. Parse ^''brought," (eleventh line,) as required in 
question 250. 

(3:30-4:80 p. M.) 

255 What is a sentence ? 

256. What are the essential parts (or eleiivents) of sen* 
tences ? 

257. How are sentences classified in regard to formf 



GRAMMAR. 



358. Give an example of a senten4»e in each of the 
varieties of form referred to in question 257. 

259. Decline each of the personal pronouns. 

260. Conjugate the verb "6e," in all the tenses, persons 
and numbers of the indicative mood. 

261. Conjugate the verb "fc?ioio," in all the tenses, 
persons and numbers of the potential mood. 

262. What is syntax ? 

268. Change the following sentence into the equivalent 
passive form : — 

"Them that honor me, I will honor." 
264. Change into the equivalent active form : — 
"He was admitted into this institution by some gentle- 
men who had been his father's friends." 



£^xaminat:ion X/I. J^une 9, 7870. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1. "The common belief that the scales of the crocodile 
will stop a bullet is very erroneous. 2. If a rifle ia 



loaded with the moderate charge of two and a half 
drachms, it will throw an ounce ball through the 
scales of the hardest portion of the back ; but were 
the scales struck obliquely, the bullet might possibly 
glance from the surface, as in like manner it would 
ricochet (rebound) from the surface of the water. 3. 
The crocodile is so difficult to kill outright, that peo- 
ple are apt to imagine that the scales have resisted 
their bullets. 4. The only shots that will produce 
instant death are those that strike the brain or spine 
thi-ough the neck, " — Baker's Nile Sources of Abyssinia. 

265. What is the grammatical subject of the first sen- 
tence of the exercise ? 

266. What is the logical subject (grammatical subject 
and its modifiers) of the same sentence ? 

267. What is the logical predicate of the first sentence * 

268. Parse the grammatical subject, (question 265.) 

269. Parse "toiW stop," (second line.) 



THE regents' questions. 



270. Parse "//laf," (first liue.) 

271. Parse the first verb of the second sentence. 

272. Parse -'i/," (fourth line.) 

273. Parse "//irow<//i," (fourth line.) 

274. Parse the verb of the clause, ^^ but were the scalet 
struck obliquely.'' (fifth and sixth lines.) 

275. Is tlie 11r,-it sentence of the exercise simple, com- 
pound or comx)lex in its construction ? 

2W. Find an infinitive verb in the exercise, and parse it. 

277. Find a relative pronoun, and parse it. 
' 278. What are the principal parts of ^^ throw," (fourth 
line.) 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

279. Parse ''difficult," {ninth line.) 

280. Parse "owifrigrTi/," (ninth line.) 

281. What part of speech (or class of words) is ''apt," 
(tenth line. ) 

282. What part of speech is "thai" in each of the four 
instances where it occurs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh 
and twelfth Ihics? 

283. Change "ihe scales have resisted their bullets" into 
the corresponding passive form, using the same words 
and only suc[i additional ones as may be necessary. 

284. Conjugate "strike" in all the tenses, persons and 
numbers oi the potential mood passive voice (or form). 

285. Change the latter sentence of the above exercise 
into the corresponding interrogative form, using precisely 
the same words, with only such change of arrangement 
as may be necessary. 

286. What is the p?'i7ni^i{;e of "imagine." 

287. What noun in common use is derived from the 
same root as "imagine? 

288. What word may be used instead of "that" in the 
last sentence, without changing the sense or con8tru<y 
tion? 



GRAMMAR. 



Bxamination X7II, JVor. 70, 7870. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

(M 1. "It was, as I have &aid, a fine autumnal day, the 

(2) sky was clear and sei-eiie, and nature wore that rich 

(3) and golden livery which we always associate with the 
(••) idea of abundance. 3. The forests had put on their 
(s) sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the ten- 
(6) derer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant 
H dyes of orange, piirple and scarlet. 3. Stieaming 
('*) files of wild ducks began to make their appearance 
p) high in the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be 

(J^') heard from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and 

(11) the pensive whistle of the quail at intervals from the 

(12) neighboring stubble-field. — Living's Legend of Sleepy 

(13) Hollow. 

289. Select from the exercise one example each of 
primitive, derivative, simple and compound words. 

290. Select also a word containing three different 
liquids. 

291. Give a specimen word in each of the degrees of 
comparison represented in the exercise. 

292. Is the first sentence (or period) simple or com- 
pound; and declarative, imperative, interrogative or ex- 
clamatory ? 

293. Write the several independent propositions in- 
volved in the first sentence, placing each in a line by 
itself. 

294. Which words of the third sentence (or period) are 
used as grammatical (or simple) subjects.^ 

29.5. Which words of the same sentence are used as 
grammatical (or simple) predicates t 

296. Parse the last grammatical subject of the exercise. 

297. Parse the last grammatical predicate of the ex- 
ercise. 

998. What passive verbs occur in the exercise ? 
299. Select from the exercise a verb in the infinitive 
mood, and parse it. 



THE REGE>fTS' QUESTIONS. 



300. What is the part of speech (or class of words) ol 
each of the followiug: "J.s,*' (first line;) ^^on,'' (fourth 
line;) ^^ yellow,'' (fifth line;) ^'high,'' (ninth line.) 

301. Parse the verb in the ninth line. 

303. Parse "o/" and ^^fj-om" (eleventh line.) 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

Parse each of the following words, with special refer- 
ence to accuracy and completeness : — 

303. " J>a2/," (first line.) 

304. "/Serene," (secoud line.) 

305. "'R''b?'e," (second line.) 

306. " Thai,'' (second line.) 

307. ''Livery." (third line.) 

308. ""W^Mc/^i." (third line.) 

309. Change ''which we ahcays associate with the idea 
of abundance" to its equivalent as to meaning, hut have 
the verb in the passive voice (or form.) 

310. Change " naticre wore that rich and golden livery ^' 
to the corresponding interrogative form (as an independ- 
ent sentence.) 

311. Which tenses are represented in the several verbs 
of the above exercise ? 

312. Why is " associate" in a different tense from either 
of the other verbs of the sentence.' Or, if unable to 
answer the last question, you may tell whether '■'have 
said" is transitive or intransitive ; and why, giving its 
object if it has one. 



Bxamiiuition XJy\ Feb. 23, /87/. 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

(0 "29. And the tinie drew nigh that Israel must die ; and 
H he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now 
<») I liave found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thj 



GRAMMAR. 



(*) hand under my thio;li, and deal kindly and truly with 
(*) me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in E^rypt : 
(«) "80. But I will lie Avith my fathers, and thou Shalt 
C) carry me out of Eo;ypt, and bury me in their burying- 

(8) place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 

(9) "And he said. Swear unto me. And he sware unto 
(1") him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's 
{") head." — Genesis xlvii, verses 29-31. 

^^All the questions refer to the above exercise. 

313. What different letters represent vowel (or vocal) 
sounds 7 

314. Write four of the words containing diphthongs (or 
digraphs.) 

315. What words of the 29th verse contain silent double- 
consonants ? 

Write a word (if any) belonging to each of the follow- 
ing classes, as indicated by italics, in questions 315 and 
820, inclusive : — 

316. Nouns: 

Gommon; proper ; abstract; compound. 
Personal Pronouns : 

317. First Person: Sing, nom.; poss.; obj.; Plural. 

d Person: " " " " " 

319. Third Person: " " " " " 

320. Relative Pronouns. 

321. Verbs : 

Indicative; subjunctive ; potential; impei'ative. 

322. An adjective; adverb ; preposition ; conjunction. 

323. What tenses occur in the 30th verse ? 

324. Write the principal parts of four of the irregulaf 
verbs. 

325. Write the first person singular of the verb ^^ carry '^ 
In each tense of the indicative mood. 

326. What are the differences between ^' swear'''' and 
^^ sware'''' (srcore,) (ninth line.) in r^'.-pect to principal 
parts, mood, tense and person "> 



THE regents' questions. 



(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

32T. What words mij^bt be used instead of "</ia<,* 
(first line ?) 
Parse the following words : — 
328. The last verb in the first line. 
829. The last verb in the second line. 
8o0. ' * Hand, " (fourth line.) 

331. ''"HWi," (fourth line.) 

332. " T/iee," (fifth line.) 

333. "Bm-y," (fifth line.) 

334. "iied's," (tenth line.) 

335. Give the equivalent grammatical expression for 
''the-hecVsJiead?'' 

386. What is the modified (or logical) subject of the sen- 
tence, ^"the time drev) nigh that Israel must die ? " 

if any scholars have time to spare, they will please 
write out an analysis of the 29th verse, according to any 
system with which they are familiar. 



Sxatnuiatio7i XV. June. 8, /87^* 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

M 1. "Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale, 
") thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and de- 
8) cidedly small in circumference. 2. But nature or 
<) inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in 
s) Oliver's breast. 3. It had had plenty of i bom to ex- 
«) pand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; 
and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed 
6) his having any ninth birthday at all. 4. Be this as it 
«) may, however, it was his ninth birthday ; and he was 
«) keeping it in the coal cellar with a select party of 
>) two other young gentlemen, who, after participating 
2) with him in a sound threshing, had been locked up 
«) therein, for atrociously }jresuming to be hungry ! " — 
*) Dickens'' Oliver Twist, Chap. II. 

837. Mention all the different parts of speech (or classes 

ftf iDords) included in the first proposition or sentence. 



OKAMMAK. 

838. Which are the fundamental or essential words ol 
Ihe first sentence: i. e., the simple (or priniai^) subject^ 
predicate and object ? 

339. Which words of the first sentence are nouns in the 
objective case, and by what other word is each of these 
nouns governed ? 

340. Which words of the first sentence are adjectives, 
and to what substantive word does each of these adjec- 
tives belong ? 

341. Which words of the first sentence are adverbs, and 
what other words does each niodif>' or limit ? 

342. Which words of the second sentence are conjunc- 
tions, and what particular words (or parts) of the exercise 
does each connect ? 

343. Give the subject, raood, tense, person and number 
of the verb in the second sentence. 

344. What does "i^' (fifth line) stand for or repre 
Bent? 

345. Change the second sentence to its full equivalent 
as to meaning, but having the verb in the passive voice 
(or form.) 

346. Change the phrase "m Oliver's breast" to its 
equivalent, having the proper name in a different case. 

347. What is the difference between the first and the 
gecond "7i.ad" in the fifth line of the exercise.^ 

348 Mention the numerical adjectives contained in the 
exercise, specifying each as cardinal or ordinal. 

349. What part of speech is ^'perhaps " (seventh line?) 

350. What is the subj ect of ' ' may be attributed, " (seventh 
Une?) 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Parse the following words contained in ibe above ex* 
ercise, beginning with the third sentence, fifth line: — 

851. " To," (seventh line.) 

852. ''Having," (eighth line.) 



TIIR KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



353. The finite vet'h in the seventh line. 

354. '' Birthday, '' (eighth line.) 

355. ".BiW/ida?/," (ninth line.) 

356. "T^/io," (eleventh line.) 

357. ''After,'' (eleventh line.) 

358. "■Presuming,'' (thirteenth line.) 

359. ''Hungry," (thirteenth line.) 

360. Any one of the verbs in the infinitive mood. 



Exami7iation XTI. JYov, 9, 787 ^^ 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1. "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of 
those means which the God of nature hath placed in our 
power. 3. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles 
alone. 3. There is a just God who will raise up friends 
to fight our battles for us. 4. If we were base enough to 
desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. 
4. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. 5. 
Our chains are forged : tlieir clanking may be heard on 
the plains of Boston. G. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet 
as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? 7. 
I know not what course otliers may take ; but as for me, 
give nie liberty, or give me death ! " 

361. Make a list of all the nouns in the first sentence. 

362. Make a list of all the words used adjectively in the 
first sentence. 

363. Give the principal parts of all the verbs in the first 
and second sentences. 

364. Select from the above exercise a verb to represent 
each one of the different moods used in it, mentioning the 
mood of each one named. 

365. Make a list of the tenses in the indicative mood, 
and then draw a line across the names of thore not in 
this exercise. 

366. Make a list of all the passive verbs in the exercise, 

367. Decline the personal pronoun of the first person. 



GRAMMAR. 



and the pei'soual pronoun of the third person, neiitei 
gender ; then draw a Tine across each word of these lists 
that does noi occur in tlic exercise. 

368. Wliat part of speech (or kind of word) is '^sir'" iu 
the first and second sentences? 

369. Compare such adjectives of the tirst and fourth 
sentences as admit of comparison. 

310. What is the difference, as to syntax, between the 
first and the second ^'it" in the fourth sentence? 

371. What word is the subject of the fifth sentence? 

373. What is the predicate {grammatical or unmodified) 
of the second sentence ? 

373. Give an example, from the exercise, of the follow- 
ing kinds of sentences : declarative, interrogative, im- 
perative. 

374. Change the sixth sentence so that the same thought 
may be expressed, but using verbs in the active voic^ (or 
form) only. 

The following questiou may be answered in the }ilace 
of any one of the foregoing, if preferred : — 

What is the difference, as to syntax, between " me " and 
"death" in the seventh sentence? 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Parse the following words contained in the above ex* 
ercise : — 

375. The second verl:) of the first sentence. 

376. ''Which,'' (first sentence.) 

377. The third verb of the first sentence, 

378. The last ve7-b of the third sentence. 

379. '^ Enough,'', dour ih sentence.) 

380. ''•Retreat," (fifth sentence.) 

381. " Clanking," (sixth sentence.) 

382. The second verb of the sixth sentence. 

383. ''■What," (seventh sentence.) 

384. The last verb uf the seventh sentence. 



TUE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



Bxami7iatio7i XTII. jFeb. 27, W72, 

{1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1. "A country schoolmaster had two pupils, to one of 
«hom he was partial, and to the other severe. 2. One 
morning it happened that these two boys were late, and 
were called up to account ior it. 3. 'You must have 
heard the bell, boys : Avhy did you not come ? ' 4. ' Please, 
sir,' said Tom, (the favorite.) 'I was dreaming that I was 
going to Margate, and I thought the school-bell m as the 
Bteamboat-bell.' 5. 'Very well,' said the master, glad of 
any pretext to excuse his favorite. 6. 'And now, Bill, 
turning to the other, ' what have you to say ? ' 7. ' Please, 
sir,' said the puzzled boy, 'I — I— I was waiting to see 
Tom off.'" 

Parse the following words contained in the above ex- 
ercise : — 

385. The noun used as the subject of the first sentence. 

386. "VF/i07)i," (tirst sentence.) 

387. The first noim of the second sentence. 

388. The third verb of the second sentence. 

389. "^4ccottn/.," (second sentence.) 

390. The first verb of the third sentence. 

391. "i?or/s," (third sentence.) 

392. The second verb of the third sentence. 

393. '■'Steaniboat-hell," (fourth sentence.) 

394. ''Glad,'' (fifth sentence.) 

395. ''What," (sixth sentence.) 

396. "Have," (sixth sentence.) 

897. The last word of the sixth sentence. 

398. "Of," (seventh sentence.) 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

399. Give an example of an adjective dcrivci^l from h 
proper noun. 

400. Into what three (or four) classes are words? divided, 
as to the number of their syllables ? 

401. Give the first person plural of "go" io all th« 
tenses of the indicative mood. 



GRAMMAR. 



402. Give the passive, potential, pluperfect, third, sing« 
nlar of '■^ examined 

403. Give ten words commonly used as prepositions. 

404. What is the siibject tvord of the sentence constitut- 
ing question 4"00 above ? 

405. Of what does syntax treat ? 

406. Write a sentence (or two sentences, if you prefer,) 
in which the words ''set'" and "si^ are properly used. 

407. Correct, "If John had went to school, he would 
not now deserve punislnnent; but he done as he pleased 
and must take the consej^uences." 

408. Give a reason for each correction of false syntax 
made in your answer to question 406. 

Scholars who have suflBcient time may re-write the fol- 
loAving letter, with the needed corrections as to general 
arrangement, capitals and punctuation ; and the satisfac- 
tory execution of the whole, including penmanship, will 
be allowed as two correct answers : — 

baltimore feb 10 1872 dear father i have just returned 
from Washington where i spent two days very pleasantly 
i visited the capitol and saw mr browns cousin charles 
sumner who Is you knoAv one of the senators from mas- 
sachusetts i also saw president grant and many other dis- 
tinguished men whom i have not time to mention is mother 
well what did John get from sauta clause has maria 
finished arithmetic this is rough paper bad ink and o 
what a pen in haste good bye your affectionate son joho 
kennedy. 



:Ea:ami97ation XTIII. June 6, 7872. 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

I. "As a man who was deeply involved in debt was 
walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of 
his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful. 

2. 'Alas ! ' said his friend, ' I am in a state of insolvency.' 

3. 'Well,' said his friend, 'if that is the case, it is not 
you, but your creditors, who ought to weaj a woefuj 
countenance.' " 



THE regents' QOESTIOKS. 



Write each one of the following words, with its numbel 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter, the part of speech 
(or class of tooi^ds) to which it belongs : — 

First sentence : (409) As ; (410) who ; (411) deeply ; (413) 
debt ; (418) in ; (414) air ; (415) one ; (416) acquaintances ; 
{4t\7) asked; {418) why ; (-ild) soi-romful. 

Second sentence: {420} Alas ; (421) /le; (422) aw. 

Third sentence : (423) Well; (424) that ; (425) hut ; (436) 
your ; (427) ought ; (428) loear. 

Write each one of the followmg words with its number 
preiix( d, and immediately there^ter the word (or words) 
tn which it is related as a principal element, (subject, 
predicate or object,) — if this be the case, — or to which it 
belongs as an adjunct, if -it have either adjective or ad- 
verbial force : — 

First sentence : (439) man ; (430) who ; (431) mry ; (433) 
melancholy ; (438) a^ked ; (434) Mm ; (435) sorrowful. 

Second sentence : (436) /le; (437) state ; (438) insolvency. 

Third sentence : (439) said ; (440) his ; (441) that ; (443) 
case ; (443) not ; (444) creditors ; (4i5) ought ; (446) wear ; 
(447) woeful ; (448) countenance. 

Select from the first sentence a word in the (449) nomi* 
native case ; one in the (450) possessioe case ; and one in 
the (451) objective case. [Number answers as before.] 

Mention the (453) ^rs^ verb of the exercise, and give its 
(453) voice (or form), (454) m^ood, (455) tense, and (456) 
subject. 

Give the (457) first, (458) second, (459) third, and (460) 
fourth principal parts of the last verb of the exercise. 

Give the third person, singular number, of the first verl 
In the second sentence in each of the tenses of the indica- 
tive mood : i. e., (461) present ; (462) imperfect (or past), 
(463) future ; (464) perfect (or pnor present); (465) pluper- 
fect {or prior past); (^QQ) future perfect. 

Give the (467) comparative, and the (468) superlativi 
forms of the last adjective of the exercise. 



OBAMMAB. 



(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

469. What word of ikc exercise has no syntax, (or 
grammatical relation to other words ?) 

470. Select from the exercise an example of a simple 
sentence (or independent xwoposition.) 

471. Is the first sentence simple or compound, or com' 
plex in its construction ? 

472. Answer the same question (471) with reference to 
the second sentence. 

473. What is the grammatical subject of the principal 
(or independent) clause of the third sentence ? 

474. Change •' was loalking''' to the form of the plu- 
perfect (pY prior past) tense of the same mood. 

475. Change the verb of the expression ' ' was deeply 
involved " to the potential mood, perfect (or prior present) 
tense of the same voice (or form,. ) 

476. Change " one of his acquaintances asked Mm " to 
its equivalent, having the verb in ihe. passive form,, 

477. Change " if that is the case " so that the verb shall 
be subjunctive in form. 

478. In what number is ^'■who,'" (tliird sentence ?) 

479. In what words was the question referred to in the 
fii-st sentence put by the asker (or speaker ?) 

480. What words does ^'with " in the first sentence con- 
nect or show the relation between ? 

481. What interrogative word occurs in the first sen- 
tence ? 

482. Wliat kind of a conjunction is " but ? " 

483. In what case is the word "ca^e," (third sentence.^) 

484. In what teuse is " ' ught,'" (third sentence ?) 

485. In what case is "countenance" (third sentence?) 

486. What word (potential mood sign) might be substi- 
tuted for '^ ought to," (third sentence ?) 

487. Of what words is " TOOf/uZ" compounded? 

488. Which one of the five permanent vcwels does uot 
occur in ' ' countenance ? " 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



I^xami7iation XIX. JVov, 7, 7872, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

■ 1. "Slug tome, cleai-est nightingale." said a sliephierd to 
the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 

2. "Alas I" said the nightingale, ''the frogs make so 
much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you 
not hear them ? " 

3. "Undoubtedly IJiear them," replied the shepherd, 
•'but it is owinw to your silence." 

Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter the 'part of speech 
(or class of wo7'ds) to which it belongs : — 

First paragraph : (489) Sing ; (i90) to ; (491) ?)^e ; (493) 
dearest ; (493) nighiingale ; (494) spring. 

Second paragraph : (495) Alas ; (496) so ; (497) that ; 
(498) no. 

Third paragraph : (499) Owing. 

Write each of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter describe it as the 
subject, predicate, object, adjective-adjunct (or modijier,) 
or adverhial-adjunct, — as the case ina}' be, — of the word 
to which it is'Syntactically related: — 

First paragraph: (500) Sing; (501) said; (502) silent; 
(503) songstress; (594) one; (505) evening. 

Second paragraph : (506) iVoise ; {oOl) inclination; (508) 
sing. 

Tliird paragrapli : (509) Owing ; (510) silence. 

Select from the third paragraph a word in the '511) 
noininatice, one in the (512) possessive, and one in the 
(513) objectioe case. 

Mention tlie (514) second verb of the second paragraph ; 
and give its (515) voice (or form;) (516) mood; (517) 
tense; and (518 j subject ; also the (b\.%) jirst, (520)^ second, 
and (521) third principal parts of the same verb. 

Change ^^ frogs make'' to each corresponding tense- 
form of the indicative and potential moods, viz : (533> 



GKAMMAR. 



Indicative imperfect {or past;) (523) future; {524: j ^jerfect 
{or prior present ;) {525) pluperfect (or prior past ;) (536) 
future perfect; (527) pote^itial pi~esent; (528) iiaperfect 
{or past ;) {^52%) perfect {or prior present ;) {530) pluperfect 
(or prior past.) 

Give the (531) positive and (532) comparative forms of 
the first adjective ; al^o the (533) comparative and (534) 
superlative of the last adjective in tljc first paragraph that 
admits of comparison. 

Select from the exercise i^ personal pronoun of each of 
the following forms : (535) First person, singular number, 
nominative case; (5nQ) first, singular, objective; (537) second 
person, singular, nominative ; (538) second person, singu- 
lar, possessive ; (589) third person, singular, nom,inative ; 
(540) third person, plural, objective. 

Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or ad- 
junct modifies : — 

First paragraph : (541) ; (543) ; (543) 

{preposition understood.) 

Second paragraph : (544) {infinitive.) 

Third paragraph : (545) . 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

Mention two of the prepositional phrases that are used 

adjectively : (546) ; (547) ; and tAvo used a<J- 

verbially : (548) ; (549) , in this exercise. 

550. Change "shepherd" to the corresponding wor(3 
denoting the feminine gender. 

551. What is the grammatical gender of ''nightingale;' 
and (552) wliy ? 

553. What word of tlie exercise has no .syntax or gram- 
matical relation to other words ? 

554. What noun of the tii'st paragraph is independent, aa 
to rase ? 

555. Is the first paratrraph a .simple, or a compound, oi 
a complex, sentence ? 



THE regents' questions. 



556. Answer the san.e questioji for the second para* 
paraph, first sentence ; and (557) second sentence ; and for 
the (558) third paragraph. 

559. Change "Do you hear them ? " to the correspond- 
ing declarative foi-m. 

560. Change ^^tfie frogs make so much noise'' to the 
equivalent expression, having the verb in the passive voice 
(or form.) 

561. From what primitive word is ^^oimng"" derived? 

562. Why is not ' ' owing " spelled oweing ? 

563. Give the prefix, and each suffix (or affix) (564, 565) 
of ^^ undoubtedly.^'' 

566. What is the subject of the principal (or independent) 
claitse of the third paragraph ? 

567. What is the subject of each subordinate (or depend- 
ent) clause of the third paragraph ? 

568. What substantive word, or expression, does the 
pronoun "ir' stand for in the third paragraph ? 



Examination XX. J^eb. 27y 787S, 

. (l:30-3-.00 r. M.) 

{}) A wasp met a bee that was just buzzing by, 

(') And he said, "Dear cousin, can you tell me why 

(8) You are loved so mucli better by people than I ? 

(*) Why. my back is as bright and as yellow as uold, 
(6) And my shape is most elegant, too. to behold ; 
(«) Yet nobody likes me for that, I am told ! " 

C) Says the bee. " My dear cousin, it 's all very true ; 
(") But. then, they would love me no better than you, 

(9) If I were but half as much mischief to do ! " 

Select from the exercise an example of ea«h of th« 
followinir classes of words: — 

First line: (569)A7bMw; (570) wr6, irregular ; (571) verb 
progressive form, ; (572) adverb. 



GRAMMAR, 



Second line : (573) Pronoun, second person ; (574) prch 
noun, objective case; (575; adjective; (576) conjunction^ 
copulative. 

Third line ; (577) Fer5, passive ; (578) preposition. 

Write each one of the following words, and the pari 
of speech (or class of words) to which it belongs :- 

First line : (579) That ; (580) ly. 

Second line: {m\)WMj, 

Third line : (582) Better. 

Sixth line : (583) Notody ; (584) that. 

Seventh line : (585) All. 

Eighth line : (586) Than. 

Ninth line : (587) But ; (588) half; (589) much. 

Give the four principal parts : i. e , first, indicative 
present ; second, indicative imperfect, past or present ; 
third, participle, present or imperfect ; fourth, p)articiple. 
perfect or past, of each of the following verbs: — 

First line : Met ; (590) ; (591) ; (593) 

(593) . 

Third line: 7s; (594) ; (595) ; (596) 

(597) . 

Sixth line : Told ; (598) ; (599) ; (600) 

(601) . 

Write each of the following w"ords, and describe it as 
subject, pn^edicate, object, or modifier, of the word to whicl) 
It syntactically belongs, giving that word : — 

First line : (602) Wasp ; (603) bee ; (604) that. 

Second line : (605) You ; (606) me. 

Third line: {mi) Better ; (608)7. 

Fourth line : (609) Yellow ; (610) goldi. 

Fifth line: (611) ^%an^. 

Sixth line : (612) That. 
•Seventh line: (613) Bee. 

Ninth line : (614) Mischief 

Mention four prepositional (including infinitive) phrasea 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



used advei-hially in the exercise: lOlni ; (016) 

(617) : '618) . 

Change "A wasp nml a bee''' to each of the other cor« 
resfjonding tense forms of the indicative mood, viz : (619) 

Present ; (tj20) perfect, or prioj' present ; (621) 

pluperfect, or prior x>ast — : {^22) futurp ; (633) 

future perfect . 

(3:30-4:30 p. m.) 

624. Change " U'as Z^itzzingf " to the corresponding siw- 
ple form. 

625. Change ^^can you tell me" to the corresponding 
declarative form. 

- 626-627. Change the third line to the equivalent expres- 
sion, having the verb in the actvoe voice (or form.) 

628. What would be the corresponding active form of 
*J am told " in the sixth line ? 

629. What transtive vert occurs in the ninth line ? 

630. 'A'hat is the corresponding passive form of "to 
'behold'''' in the fifth line.'' 

Select from the exercise a verb belonging to each of the 
following classes : {'o^il) Subjunctive mood ; (QS2) potential^ 
present ; (633) potential, imperfect, or past; (634) infini- 
tive. 

63.5. What is the 2Msitive form of the word ^^ better'" in 
lh(! third and eighth lines ? 

636. Is the first line, as a sentence, simjM or compound^ 
or complex ? 

637. Select from the exercise a simpile sentence (or clause) 
containing a transitive verb. 

638. To what ©ther word is ^'hut" in the ninth line 
equivalent? 

639. What other form of expression may be substituted 
in the ninth line for ''If I xoere to do ? " 

Mention the different punctuation marks that occur in 

the exercise: (640) ; (641) ; (642) • 

(643) ; (644) . 



GRAMMAR. 



645. What are the marks " " called, and (646) what do 
they denote ? 

647. What is the mark in ifs called, and (648) what does 
*t denote ? 



£!xafninatio7i XXI. Jii7ie. 6, 787S. 

(1:80-3:00 P. M.) 

(1) " Will you give my kite a lift 1 " said my little nephew 

(2) to his sister, after trying in vain to make it fly by 

(3) dragging it along the ground. Lucy very kindly took 
(-*) it up and threw it into the air; but her brother, 
(5) neglecting to run off at the same moment, the kite 
(«) fell down again. 

(^) "Ah! now, how awkward you are!" said the little 

(8) feUow. 

(9) ''It was your fault entirely," answered his sister. 

(10) " Try again, children, " said I. ' ' There is an old proverb 

(11) which says. 'Perseverance conquers all things.'" — 

(12) Charlotte Elizabeth. 

Select from the exercise : — 

First line : A word used as (649) subject ; (6.50) object, 
direct; (<6h\) verb, x>rincipal ; {<6h2) verb, auxiliary. 

Second line : (6.53) A dissyllable ; (6.54) a derivative word. 

Third line: (65.5) A word containing a diphthong; an 
(6.56) adverb of manner, and of (657) degree, or quantity. 

Write each one of the following words and the part of 
sjjeech (or das:^ of v)ords) to which it belongs, as here 
used : — 

First line : (6.58) Lift ; (6.59) little. 

Second line: (660) After; (661) trying; (662) wafee,' 
(663) fly. 

Third line: (664) Along, 

Fourth line: (665) But. 

Fifth line: (666) Of. 

Sixth line: (667) Down. 

Seventh line: (668) Ah! (669) awkward. 



THE regents' questions. 



Give the four principal parts (includiug the participle in 

ing) of each of the irregular verbs in 

Third line: (670) ■ ; (671) ■; (672) ; (673) . 

Fourth line : (674) ; (675) ; (676) ; (677) . 

Seventh line: (678) : (679) ; (680) ; (681) ; 

(682) ; (683) ; (684) ; (685) . 

Write each of the following words, and describe it ae 
subject, nominative, predicate, object, adjective modifier, 
adverbial modifier, or attribute, of the word (expressed or 
understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving 
that word : — 

Eleventh line : (686) Perseverance ; (687) conquers ; (688) 
all ; (689) things. 

Tenth and eleventh lines : (690) Proverb; (691) I; (692) 
an ; (693) which. 

Ninth and Tenth lines: (694) Try; (mb) fault. 

Second line : (696) Trying ; (697) make. 

698. Which noun in the exercise has no syntactical re- 
lation to other words ? 

Change "</ie kite fell doivn'' to each of the other tense 
forms of the indicative mood, prefixing to each form the 

name of the tense : (699) ; (700) ; (701) ; (702) 

; (703) . 

(3:30-4:30 P. m.) 

Compare " little " in the first hue : (704^ ; (705) ; 

(706) . 

What would be the corresponding (707) declarative and 
(708) imperative forms of ^^Will you give my kite a lift ? " 

709. What derivative of ^^vain" might be substituted 
for "in vain" in the second line ? 

Mention each infinitive verb in the exercise : (710) ; 

(711) ; (712) . 

713. What noun does the first "my" in the first line 
represent? 

714. Answer the same question in regard to the second 
'my" in the first line. 



GRAMMAR. 



Give the (715) mood, (716) j^erson, and (717) number oi 
" try " m the tenth line. 

718. How would ^^ conque7's'^ be Avritten if spelled ac- 
cording to its elementary sounds ? 

719. What special rule, or remark, of syntax is applica- 
ble to "j^2/ " i'^ the second line ? 

720. What words after ''!" in the tenth line might be 
omitted without impairing the sense ? 

731. What relation was the writer (Charlotte Elizabeth) 
to Lucy and her brother, judging from the above narra- 
tive ? 

722. Why is not the tir^t word in the eleventh line 
BTpeUed pei'severeance ? 

723. Change the eleventh line to its equivalent, having 
the verb in the passive voice {or form.) 

Change the answer to question 723 to express each of 

the other tenses of the indicative passive : (724) ; 

(735) ; (736; ; ^727) ; (728) . 



Bxamination XXII. JVov, 6, 787S, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

(1) A person who called one day at a house at which his 

(2) visits had been more frequent than welcome, was told 

(3) by the servant that her master had gone away. 

(4) "Oh, well, never mind," said he, "I'll speak to youi 

(5) mistress." 

(«) "She has also gone out, sir," the maid replied. 

(') Not liking to be denied admission, the man said: — 

(8) "As it is a cold day, I'll step in and sit by the (ire a 

(9) few moments." 

(10) "Ah, sir, but that is gone out, too," said the ghi ; by 
(") which time the luckless visitor concluded that it was 
(IS) best for him to stay out. 

Write each one of the following words and its part oj 
speech (or class of words) as here used : — 

First line: (729) Who ; (730) one; (731) a^. 

Second line : (732j Visits ; (733) more ; (734) than. 



THE regents' questions. 



Third line: (735) That; (736) away. 

Fourth line : (.7o7j Never ; (738) mind. 

Sixth line: (739) Sir. 

Seventh line : (740 > Liking. 

Tenth line: (741) That. 

Eleventh line: (743) Concluded. 

Twelfth line : (743) Best. 

744-746. Select from the exercise and write in a column 
the first ten words which are used as simple subjects, 
numbering them (747-756) inclusive, and opposite each 
one of these write the verb agreeing with it. 

757-759. Select from the exercise an adjective of each 
degree of comparison. 

Give the four principal parts (including the participU 
in ing) of each of the irregular verbs in 

Second line: (760) ; (761) ; (763) ; (763) ; 

(764) ; (765) ; (766) ; (767) . 

Seventh line : (768) ; (769) ; (770) ; (771) . 

Eighth line : (773) ; (773) ; (774) ; (775) . 

Write .each of the following words and describe it as 
subject, nominative, predicate, object, adjective modijier, 
adverbial modijier, or attribute, of the word (expressed or 
understood) to which it is syntactically related, giving 
that word : — 

First line: (776) Z>a2/; (777) house ; (778) Ms. 

Second line : (779) Welcome. 

Fourtliline: (780) Never ; (781) mind. 

Seventh line: (783) Liking ; (783) admission. 

Eighth line: {7BA) Bay ; {78h) sit. 

Eleventh line : (786) Which. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 

787-788. Mention each infinitive verb in the exercise. 
What nouns do'the following pronot/ns stand fore- 
First line : (789) His. 
Fourth line : (,790) Your. 



GRAMMAR. 



Twelfth line : (791) Him. 

792-793. Mention each relative pronovn in the exercisa 
and its antecedent. 

Write the following voids and give the gender of each 
according to its signification as here used: — 

First line : ( 794) Person ; (795) which. 

Third line: (790) Servant. 

Eleventh line : (797) Visitor. 

798. Wliat ^vord (not included in the exercise) denoting 
masculine gender corresponds to maid? 

799. What "vvord denoting feminine gender corresponds 
to sir ? 

800-801. Mention the passive verhs contained in the 
exercise. 

802-803. Give the mood and tense of "s2T' in the eighth 
line. 

804. Change ^^Aperson was told hy the servanf" to the 
equivalent expression having the verb active. 

805. To which of the following classes of words does 
*'ioeZ(i)co77ie" in the second line belong: Primitive, 
derivative, simple, or compound ? 

806. Whj' is ^'liking'' in the seventli line spelled with- 
out an e ? 

807-808. Change "J'ZZ step in"' in the eighth line tc 
each of the other tense forms of the indicative active^ 
fjiving the tense name of each. 



Examination XXIII. I'eb, 26, 787^* 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

'1) A Fir, upon a humble Thorn, 

(9) From his high top, looked down with scorn. 

(<■ "For loftiest spires we grow." he said ; 

( ("Of us the tallest masts are made, 

^'■i While thou, poor Bramble, canst produce 
/ Nothing of ornament or use." 
; "Great tree," the modest Thoru replied. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(8) "When the sharp axe shall pierce j'our side, 
(^) In vain you ihcu may wish to be, 
('"; Uusought for and unknown like me." 

Write each one of the following words and its /<flri oj 
speech (or class of words) as here used : — 

First line : (809) Upon ; (810) humhle. 

Second line : (811) Looked ; (812) down. 

Eighth line ; (813) Sid.e. 

Ninth line: (814) Then; (S15) icish. 

Tenth line : (816) Unknown ; (817) like. 

Select from the exercise, and write in a column, eighi 
words which are used as simple subjects, numbering them 
from (818-825) inclusively; and opposite each of these 
subjects write the verb (princijoal and auxiliary, if any,) 
agreeing with it. 

Give the rule of syntax for (828) subject words, and that 
for {S29) finite verbs. [^^ The language of the rule, and 
not merely its number, is to be given.] 

Write in a column all the finite verbs in the exercise, 
(including auxiliaries, if anj^) and opposite each verb 
give its voice (or forrn-,) mood, tense, person and number, 
arrangiug the work thus : — 

ood. 
1)-; 

6)- 

1;- 
6)-; 
D — 
Ij)— : 
1)-: 
6)—: 

(3:30-4:30 P. M.) 
What nouns do the following pronouns Ptand for: — 
Second line : (870) His. 
Eighth line : (871) Your 



Finite 
Verb. 



Voice. 


Mood. 


Tense. 


Person. 


Number. 


(830) — ; 


(83])-; 


(832) — ; 


(833) - 


(834)-. 


(835) -; 


(836) — : 


(837; — ; 


(838) — 


(839) — . 


(840)-; 


(841j— ; 


(842) -; 


(843) - 


(844)-. 


(845)—: 


(846) -; 


(847)-; 


(848) - 


(849) — . 


(850) -: 


(S51)-; 


(852) — ; 


(853) - 


; (854)-. 


(855)-; 


(85(J ) — : 


(857) — ; 


(858) — 


(859) — , 


(860) — ; 


( 861 ) — : 


(862)—; 


(863) — 


(864) — . 


(865) — ; 


(866)—: 


(867) — ; 


(868) — 


iS69) —. 



GRAMMAR. 



8T2. Whtit is the grammatical gender of "?«e" in th« 
third line ? 

Wjite in a column all the prepositional phrases con- 
tained in the first four lines of the exercise, and before 
each phrase write tlie word to which such ijhrase syntac- 
tically relates : (873) ; (874) ; (875) , 

(870) . 

Give the four principal parts (including the participle 

In ing) of the verb in the fourth line : (877) ; (878) 

; (879) ; (880) . 

Change the fifth and sixth lines to the equivalent ex- 
pression, having the verb passive. If coirect in all 

I'cspects, the answer may count as (881) ; (882) 

; (883) . 

In what case is (884) "wse" in the sixth line ? 

What is the syntax of (885) ^^Bramble" in the fifth line f 

886, Cliange the ninth line to the corresponding form, 
Laving the verb in the indicative mood. 

Change the eighth line to the corresponding forms, 
having the verb in the {^^1) perfect, or future perfect tense, 
and in the (888) second future, or future perfect tense. 

What "figure of speech" is employed in the above ex- 
ercise ? The correct answer to this question may be 
counted as one. 



JEJxamuiation XXIY. JTune. J!f., 787^- 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

889-896. Make a list of the eight parts of speech (ui 
classes of words) and define each. 

897. Compare an adjective by one of the two regulai 
modes of comparison, and an (898) adverl) by the other. 

Write the plurals of {^m) Elegy ; (900) church; and (901) 
piece; and state in what way each plural is formed. 

According to what rule or principal is ( )02) writein§ 
made writing ; and (903) n doubled in beginning ? 



THE KE(iE^"TS QUESTIONS. 



Write ill a column the followino- names, with the pre* 
6xed nuiiiliert-. and annex to each name an example of 
the clasto which it represents: {90i) Vowel ; (905) liquid; 
{90G) palatal; {^W) double consonant ; {908) diphthong ; 
(9(H») word, primitive ; (910) derivative ; (911) compound ; 
(912) sentence, simple; (913) compound; (914) adjective, 
ordinal. 

915-918. What modifications {properties or accidents) 
belong to nouns, and Avhat are the several kinds of each? 

Mention two modifications belonging to verbs only, with 
their kinds: (919) ; (920) . 

Conjugate the verb "see" according to the following 
outline : — 

921. Prikcipal Parts (including 2:>ai'ticiple in ing,) 
writing its name over each part. 



Indicative Mood, First Person, Plural. 

Name of Tense. Active Form. Passive Form,. 
933 

923 ■ 

925 ■ 

926 

927 



Potential, Third, Plural. 



928- 
929- 
930- 
931 

932 
933 



Subjunctive. Third. Singular, 



Imperative. Second. Plural. 



GRAMMAR. 



935- 

936 — 



987 

938- 



Infinitives, 



Pa]{TTCTPLES. 



(^3:80-4:80 P. M.) 

(1) "Geat's ^ Elegy Written in a Country Churchy aj-d' is 

(2) a masterpiece from beginning to end. The tbonglits, 

(3) indeed, are obvious enough, but the dignit}" with Avhieh 
{*) the}' are expressed, the immense range of allusion and 

(5) description with which the)- are illustrated, and the 

(6) finished grace of the language and versification in 

(7) which they are embodied, give to this work something 

(8) of that inimitable perfection of design and execution 

(9) which we see in an antique statue or a sculptured 
(10) gem.'" — Shaw's English Literature. 

Analyze the first sentence of the exercise, giving (939) 
the simple (or grarainatical) subject; (940) the simple pred- 
icate ; (941) the modified (or logical) subject; and (942) the 
modified predicate. 

Write in a column all the prepositional phrases in the 
first sentence of the exercise, and prefix to each the word 

(or words) which it modifies: (943) ; (944) ; 

{^t5) . 

Parse (946) written ; (947) country ; (948) masterpiece. 

Write each of the following words and describe it sm 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, adverbial modi- 
fier, or attribute, as the case maybe, of the word or words 
to which it is syntactically related, giving sucfi word or 
words : — 

Third line: (949) Obvious; (0^) enough. 

Fourth line: (951) They; (952) range. 

Fifth line: (doS) Which. 

Sixth and seventh lines: (954) Give; (955) 'vrsification, 
'956) something. 

Ninth line: (957) Whuh. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



958-965. Write in a column all the personal and relative 
prouoiins of the exercise in the order in which they occur, 
and annex to each the noun or nouns (expressed or under- 
stood) for which it stands. 

It the last word of the second line were made singular, 
u hat other word? following in the sentence would also, 
on that account, require to be changed as often as each 
occurs ? (966) to ; (967) to . 

968. Cljange ''7chich tee see''' in the ninth line to the 
equivalent expression, having the verb passive. 



(1:30-3:30 P. M.) 

Define each of the following grammatical terms : (969) 
Grammar ; (970) English Grammar ; (971) a letter of the 
alphabet ; (972) a syllable; (973) a loord; (974) a phrase ; 
(975) a clause ; (976) a sentence. 

977-980. Into what four parts is grammar usually 
divided ? 

981. Which one of those parts is usually studied in the 
spelling book ? 

982. To which one of those parts does punctuation 
belong ? 

Mention the several modifications {properties or acci- 
dents) of nouns ; the different kinds of each modification ; 
and give a specimen noun of each kind, arranging the 
whole thus : — 

Modifications. Kinds of Each. Specimen Nouns. 

987 



983 -. 9a5 ■{ • 988- 

989- 

990- 



984 Q86 -! — 991 

/ 992 



GRAMMAR. 



( 997- 

993 995 ^ 998- 

I 999- 

l 1000- 



994 99(-; 1001 

( 1002 

1003-1007. Decline each of the personal pronouns, 
arranging the Mork in regular form. 

1008. Mention four words commonly used as relative 
pronouns. 

Give an example of a (1009) regular, and of an m-egular 
comparison of adjectives. 

1010-1015. Give the passive, first person, plural forms 
of the verb ^^ examine" in the several tenses of the indica- 
tive mood, prefixing the name of the tense of each form. 

1016. Give the active imperative, the (1017) passive in- 
finitive, and the (1018) participial forms of same verb 

(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 

(1) "If our overworked professional men and students 

(2) should imitate Sir Henry Holland in taking an annual 

(3) two months' vacation, and once a year, like Antaeus, 
(*) touch old mother earth among the salmon and trout 

(5) streams of the breezy Canadian hills or Adirondacks, 

(6) they Avould return vastly invigorated to battk with the 
C) realities of city life. Let no novice be deterred from a 
(9) trial, for he will find it very exhilarating, even if for 

(1") a time he take no fish." — Tli,e Galaxy, iVb?;.,'74, p. 617. 

Write the first verb of the exercise, and give its (1019^ 
subject; (1020) object; (1021) mood; and (1023) tense. 

Write each of the following words and describe it as 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, or adverbial 
modifier, as the case may be, of the word or words (ex- 
pressed or understood) to which it is syntactically related, 
giving such word or Avords : — 

First line : (1023) Overivorked. 

Second line : (1024) Taking. 

Third line : (1035) Months'; (1036) vacation ; ( 1027) year 
{ 038) Antceus. 



THB regents' questions. 



Fourth line: (1029) Touch; {lO'dO) mother ; (lOSl) earth : 
(1032) trout. 

Fifth line: (1033) Streams; (1034) Adirondacks. 

Sixth line: (1035) Invigorated; (1036) battle. 

Seventh line : (1037) City. 

Ninth line: (1038) ITe; (1039) i«; (1040) ver?/; (1041) 
exhilarating. 

1042. What passive verb occurs in the exercise? 

1043. Change ^^even if for a time he take nojish " in the 
ninth and tenth lines to the equivalent expression, having 
the verb j^assive. 

1044. Give the four principal parts of ''take'''' in the 
tenth line, (including the participle in ing.) 

1045. Parse "J/," (first line.) 

1046. Parse "Jn," (second line.) 

1047. Parse " OZd," (fourth line.) 

1048. Parse "iVb," (seventh line.) 

In parsing give the rule of syntax for each of these 
words. 



Bxaminatio7i XXYI. J^eb, 25, 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1049. Write and define or describe each of the following 
grammatical terms: (1050) Person ; (1051) number; (1052) 
case; (1053) pro7iOMn ; {105i) relative p^-onoun ; (1055) 
terise ; (10.56) interjection. 

1057. Write a sentence (or sentences') containing eight 
different ^ar^s of speecu (or classes of words,) and (1058- 
1065) above one word of each class write the name of the 
part of speech to which it belongs. 

Write an exami)le oi (1066) a noun in the possessive 
case; (1067) Si personal pronoun in the first person, plural; 

(1068) a relative pronoun in the objective form,; and a 

(1069) verb in the passive, indicative, present. 



GRAMMAR. 



Write the different kinds of each modification (property 
or accident) of vei^hs as named below, and give an example 
of each kind from the verb "see," with a subject prefixed, 
arranging the work thus: — 



MoBincA- 

TIONS. 

Voice, 

{or Form.) 



Mood. 



Tense. 



Kinds or each 

MODIFICATIOK. 



Examples from verb 
see. with subjects. 



-1070 \ 



r 1071- 
1072- 
1073- 
1074- 

[1075- 

1076- 

1077- 

1078- 

1079- 

1080 

1081- 



j 1084- 
1 1085- 



r 1086- 
1087- 
1088- 
1089- 

,1090- 

flOUl- 

io:)-j- 
! Km- 

] 1094- 
I 1095- 
I UV.16 



Person.— 



Aumher.- 



-1083 



-1083 



1097 



1098 



^Answers to the following . ipplcmentary oiiestiousi 
may be added, for which due credit will be given : — 

1099. What is the name of that part of Grammar whicli 
includes the classification and inflection of words ? 

Give a suitable form or model for parsing (1100) a nouni 
(1101) an adjective; (1102) a relative pj^onoun; and (1103) 
a pr€])Osition. 

Mention a numerical adjective of the (1101) cardinal and 
tme of the (1105) ordinal kind. 

1106 Give the i)rincii)al yiarts of the verb ''give.'" 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(8:15-4:15 r. M.) 



I*) " Socrates was never in haste that his followers should 
(2) become skilM in speaking, in action, or in invention; 
(*) but, previously to sucli accomplishments, he thought 
(*) :t proper that a love of self-control should be instilled 
('■; into them ; for he considered that persons who had 
(«) acquired those qualifications were, if devoid of self- 
C) control, unl)' better fitted to commit injustice and do 
(8) mischief." — Memiorahilia, IV., in. 1. 

Mention the (1107) subject; (1108) the simjjle (ov gram- 
matical) predicate; (1109) the modified (or logical) j^redi- 
cate; and (1110) the adjuncts (or modifiers) contained in 
the proposition, '^Socj^ates was never in haste.'' 

1111. By what is this proposition further modified, 
limited or explained in the exercise.' 

1112. Write the proposition beginning with "^is," (first 
line,) and give (1113) the simple (or grammatical) subject ; 
(1114) the modified (or logical) predicate; (1315) the cojni- 
lative and (1116) the attribute of the predicate; (1117) the 
adjunct (or rnodifiA^r)oi the subject; and (1118) the adjuncts 
(or modifiers) of the predicate. (Designate each of these 
answers by one of the above names.) 



What other words of the 
exercise are used as simple 
(or grammatical) subjects? 



Write after these subjects, 
the verbs {principal and 
auxiliary, if any,) agreeing 
witli them : — 

1119 1124 

\\.9D 1125 

1121 1126 

1122 — 1127- 

1123— 1128- 



Whicli verbs of the excrcii^e are in the potential mood? 

(1129) ; (1130) : and wliich in the infinitive: 

(1131) ; (1132) . 

Compare (1133) the adjecti\e in the second line; and 
(1134) ^^better'' in the seventh line. 

Parse (1135) ''previously'' in the third line; and (1136j 
the first verb in the sixth line. 



GBAMMAR. 



£'a:af/fi??atlon XXYJI, KTiine S, /87S. 

(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 

1137. Mention the four general divisions of Grammar. 
Under which of these general divisions is each of the 
following sulijects included: — 
1188. Classification of words as to use. 

1139. Cla.ssification of letters. 

1140. liules for agreement and government of words, 

1141. Versification (or poetry.') 

1142. Rules for spelling. 

Give a proper definition of each of the following 
terms. Jg^Be careful to mention the term defined, in 
connection with each defiuition : (1143) Verh; (1144) pas- 
sive verb: (1145) irregular verb; {114:&) intransitive verb ; 
(1147) 7/7ood; (ll'iS) potential mood; (Hid) tense; (1150) 
future tense; (llol) 2:)reposition ; {1152) conjunction. 
Write a sentence containing, resj^ectiyely, an example of 
1153. An adjectire in the cotnpjarative degree. 
il54. An adverb of manner. 

1155. A disjunctive conjunction. 

1156. An infinitive verb without "to" prefixed, 

1157. A relative pronoun in the objective case. 

1158. Why are certain parts of verbs called principal 
parts ? 

1159-1161. Which are the three principal parts of verbs, 
(other than the present participle ?) 

W^rite (1162) a regular verb, and (1163) an irregular verb, 
and place after each its additional principal parts, (in- 
cluding tho. participal in ing.) 

1164. Decline the personal jironoun of the third person^ 
feminine gender. 

Give an example of the comparison of adjectives (1165) 
by prefixes, and (1166) by suffixes. 

Give the rule of syntax for 

1167. A verb agreeing with two or more subjects con- 
Dected by •'and.'" 



TUE KEGEXTS QUESTIONS. 



11G8. A^ij'onoun, as related to its auteccdcnt noun. 

11(59. For same cases before aud after verbs. 

1170 For a verb in the infinitive mood. 

1171-1183. Give the active and^;rtssiye forms of "strike,' 
with "/" (or "thou'') as the subject of each, in the several 
tenses of the finite moods ; also, (1184) the present infini- 
tioes, aud (1185) present 2mriiciples, active and jxissioe. 

(3:15-4h5 V. M.) 

(') "Our fathers raised their flaos against a power to 

(2) which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjuga- 

(3) tion, Rome, in tlie lieight of her glory, is not to be 
(*) compared, — a ]>ower which has dotted tlie surface of 
(*) tlie wliole globe with her possessions and military posts, 
(«) whose morniug drum-beat, following the sun in his 
(') course aud keeping pace with the hours, circles the 
(8) earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the 
(») marticil airs of England." — Webster. 

1186. Wri'.e tlie first uer^ of the exercise and give its 
subject and object. 

What other (IV&l) finite verbs^ what (1188) infinitive and 
{11S2) participles occur in the exercise? 

1190. Change "lohuli has dotted the surface ofihewJiole 
globe" to tlie equivalent expression, having the verb in 
the j->assive voice (or form.) 

1191-1198. Write in a column (midway between the 
right and loft sides of your paper) the several prepositions 
in the first, second, fourth and eighth linos, and place 
before and after each preposition the w^ords between 
which it shows relation. 

Write each of the following words, giving its ^?ar^ of 
speech (or class,) and describe it as the subject, object^ 
predicate, adjective modifi£r, or connective, as the case may 
oc, of the woid or words to which it is syntactically 
related, giving such word or words : — 

First line : (1199) Their. 

Second and third lines: (1200) Subjugation ; (1201) Nome 

Fourth line : (1302) Surface. 



GRAMMAR. 



Fifth and sixth lines : (1203) Posts ; (1204) whose; (1305) 
and; (120(1) snn. 

Seventh Hue: (1207) Keejnng ; (1208) cmtes. 

Eiirhth line : (1209) Sirnin. 

1210. In what case is " pou-er^' in the fourth line ? 

Parse (1211) iho. first verb, and (1212) the second verb in 
Lhe third line; ^'1213) morning, (1214) drum-heat. (1215) 
following, in the sixth line. 

i^°In parsing be careful to give ih.Q properties {modijU 
cations or attributes) of nouns and verbs, and the syntax 
of each word. 

1216. Select a derivative word from the eighth line. 



Exanii7iaUo7i XXyy II. JVoi\ A, 1876, 

(1:30-3:00 F. M.) 

1. "Sing to me, dearest niglitingale," said a shepherd to 
the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 

2. ''Alas!" said the nightingale, "the frogs make so 
much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you 
not hear them ? " 

8. "'Undoubtedly I hear them." replied the shepherd, 
"but it is owing to your silence." 

Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter the part of speech 
(or class of words) to Avhich it belongs : — 

First paragraph: (1217) Sing; (1218) to; (1219) me; 
(1220) dearest; (1221) nightingale; (1222) spring. 

Second paragraph: (1223) Alas; (1224) so; (1225) that; 
(1226) no. 

Third paragraph : (1227) Owing. 

Write each one of the following words, with its number 
prefixed, and immediately thereafter describe it as the 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, or adverbial 
viodifier, as the case may be, of the word to which it li 
f yntactically related : — 



THE regents' questions. 



Firtit paragraph : (1338) Sing; (1339) said; (1330) silent i 
{V^Sl) songst7'ess : (1333) one; (]2d3) evening. 

Second paragraph : (1334) Noise ; (1335) inclination / 
(133H) sing. 

Tliird paragraph: (1337) Owing; (1338) siZence. 

Select from the third paragraph a word in the (1339) 
nominative, one in the (1340) possessive, and one in the 
(1341) objective case. 

Mention the second verb of the second paragrapli, and 
give its (1843) voice (or form,;) (1343) mood; (1344) tense ; 
and (1345) sxibject; also, the (1346) ^rsi, (1347) second^ and 
(1348) third principal parts of tlie same verb. 

Change '■'■frogs make " to each of the other tense forma 
of the indicative and j^otential moods, giving the names of 
tenses, and arranging them as follows : — 

Tenses. Indicative Mood. Potential Mood. 

Present. Frogs make. (1354) 

(1349) (1855) 

(12.50) (1356) '■ 

(1351 ) (1357) 

(1253) 

(1353) 

Give the (1358) positive and (1859) comparative forms ot 
the first adjective ; also, the (1360) comparative and (1261) 
superlative of the last adjective in the first paragraph that 
admits of comparison. 

Select from the exercises a personal pronoun of each of 
the following forms : (1363) First person, singular number, 
nominative case ; {126S) first person, singular, objective; 
(.13^) second 2)er son, singular, nominative; (1265) second 
person, singular, jiossessive; {12^%) third person, singular, 
nominative ; (1367) third person, plural, objective. 

Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or acf* 
junct, modifies: — 

First paragraph : (1368) ; (1869) ; (1270) 

{^preposition understood.) 



GRAMMAR. 



Second paragraph : (1271) {infinitive.) 

Third paragraph : (1272) . 

Parse (1273) Undoubtedly; (1274) I; (1275) hear; (1276) 

tTiem. 

(3:15-4:15 p. M.) 

1. "As a man, who was deeply involved in debt, was 
walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of 
his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful. 

2. 'Alas ! ' said he, 'I am in a state of insolvency,' 

3. 'Well,' said his friend, 'if that is the case, it is not 
you, but your creditors, who ought to wear a woeful 
countenance.' " 

1277. What word of the exercise has no syniao: ? 

1278. Select from the exercise an example of a simple 
sentence (or independent proposition.) 

i279. Is the first sentence simple or compound, or com- 
plex ? 

1280. What is the grammatical subject of the principal 
(or independent) clause of the third sentence ? 

1281. Change ''was walking'' to the form of the plu- 
perfect {past perfect or prior past) teuse of the same 
mood. 

1282. Change the verb of the expression "zoas deeply 
involved'' to VoiQpoteKdal mood, perfect {present iierfect ox- 
prior present) tense of tbi,^. same voice (or form.) 

1283. Change "one of Ms acquaintances asked him" to 
its equivalent, having the verb in the passive voice. 

1284. Change "i/ that is the case" so that the verb 
shall be subjunctive in form, and (1285) parse ''ca.'ie." 

1286. In what number is ''who" in- the third sentence? 

1287. In what words was the question referred to in the 
first sentence put by the asker (or speaker ?) 

1288. W^hat words does "with" in the first sentence 
connect or show the relation between ? 

1289. What interrogative word occurs in the first sen- 
tence ? 

1390. What kind of conjunction is ''hut V 



TUB regents' questions. 



1291. In what case is the word ^^case" in the third 
eeutence? 

1292. In what tense is ^^ ought" in the third sentence r 

1293. In what case is ''countenance ' in the third sen 
tence ? 

1294. What word (potential mood sign) might be sub- 
stituted for ''ought to" in the third sentence? 

i2'i'5. Of what wurds is ■■vnt-fnl" compounded? 
1290. Which one of the five permanent vowels does not 
occur in "'countenance ? " 



Bxamhiatio7i XXIX. J^eb. 2 A, 7876, 

(1:30-3:00 P. M.) 

1297-1298. Mention and define the two parts of speech 
(or classes of words) most frequently used. 

Decline, in full, (1299) we; (1300) her; (1301) who. 

Give the two positives of (1302-1303) wo7'se, and those 
of (1304-1305) most. 

Write a sentence (or sentences) in which that is properly 
used as (1306) a relative; (1307) an adjective; (1308) a 
conjunction. 

1309. Correct, "The teacher sent for you and 7," and 
(1310) give the reason for the correction. 

1311. Change the sentence, "Those girls are writing on 
their slates," by making the subject singular, and tha 
words corresponding in sense. 

1312. What kind of a sentence, as to form, js that quoted 
in question 1311 ; and (1313) what would the sentence be* 
come if changed to the interrogative form? 

1314-1315. Change the sentence, "IsJcallgo," and "1 
will go," by making each subject of the third person, 
Biugulai', and by using the proper auxiliary to expresi 
future time simply, in the former sentence, and o. purpose 
or deternxination in the latter. 



(JKAMMAK. 



1816-1317. CoiTect, "■Four month's interest are diw on 
this note," and (1318-1319) give the reasons for caffi 
eorrection. 

Define (1320) mood; (1331) fense; (1322) person ; (1323.1 
number ; as applied to verbs. 

1324-1328. Write in a column tlie names of the several 
moods of verbs, and after each name give a sentence, 
containing a verb in that mood. 

1329-1335. Write in a column the names of the several 
tenses of verbs, and after each name give the correspond- 
ing tense-form of some verb in the indicative mood. 

Give the principal parts of (1336) rise; (1337) raise; 
(1338) sit; (1339) set; and (1340-1342) write sentences 
containing an example of the proper use of each of these 
verbs. 

How is the (1843) 2^(tssvoe voice (or form,) of any verb 
formed ? and how the (1344) progressive form ? 

Write two sentences, in one of which (1345) a phrase, 
and in the other (1346) a clause (or proposition) is used as 
the subject. 

Give the princi-pal parts of each of the following verbs : 
(1347) were; (1348) loent; (1349) had fought; (1350) might 
have been found; (1851) may have talked. 

Analyze the sentence, (1352) ''Let him go;'' (1353-1355) 
and parse each word. 

1356. What particular name is given to that part of a 
verb which ends in ing ? 

(8:15-4:15 P. M.) 

(') "These things that are not practicable, are not desir- 
(") able. There is nothing in the world really beneficial 
(8) that does not lie within tlie reach of an informed under- 
(*) standing and a well-directed pursuit. There is nothing 
(') that God has judged good for us that he has not yiveu 
(•) us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and 
('') the moral world. If we cry, like children, for the 
{*) moon, like children we miist cry on." — Burke. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



Write each of the following words, with its numoe, 
prefixed, mention its part of speech (or dass of words.) 
and describe it as the subject, predicate, object, adjective 
modifier, adverbial modifier, or connective, as the case may 
be, of the word or words to which it is, grammatically 
related, giving such word or words: — 

First line: (1357i That; (\?jb%) tho, second verb. 

Second line: (1359) Nothing; (1360) beneficial. 

Third line : (1361) The verb in that line. 

Fourth line: (1362) Pursuit. 

Fifth line: (1363) That. ' 

Sixth line: (1361) Us. 

Seventh line : (1365) Like. 

Eighth line: (1366) On. 

Make a list of the (1367) auxilia^-y verbs in the exercise, 
and the (1368) conjunctions. 

Parse each of the following as contained in the exercise 
l^°In parsing, give each modification {property or aO' 
cident) and the syntax of each word : — 

1369. The proper noun. 

1370. The verb in the infinitive mood. 

1371. The verb in the potential mood. 

1372. The verb in the fifth line. 

1373. ''Children,'' (eighth line.) 

1374. What is the principal (or leading) clause (or pro- 
position) of the last sentence of the exercise; and (I375j 
what the subordinate clause ? 

1376. Parse ''both,'' (sixth line.) 



.Examhiation XXX. June. S, 7S76, 

(1:30-3:00 1'. M.) 

1377. Of what does Etymology treat ? 

1378. What are the parts' of speech or classes into 
;rhich words are divided ? 



G!{AA1IVIAH. 



1379. Whicli of these niudity, limit, or qualify the 
Dieaniug of nouns : 
1880. Which of verbs, adjectives and adverbs ? 

1381. What is the sM?yVc!; of a sentence ? 

1382. What is the predicate ? 

"Tlie pleasui'es rf sense resemble a foaming torrent, 
which, after a dif'-iesly course, speedily runs out anc! 
leaves an empty ana offensive channel." 

138o-1387. In the abcjve sentence, name the nouns, and 
state of each whether it is subject or object, and of ivhat? 

13S8. Nan»e the pro7WU7T., and state the same of it. 

13S9-i391. Name the adjectives, and the noun each 
qualifies. 

1393-1393. Name the adverbs, and the word each modi- 
fies or qualifies. 

1394-1395. Name the prepositions, and the words be- 
tween which they show the relation. 

1396-1.397. Name the conjunctions, and the words each 
connect. 

1398-1101. Name the articles, and the nouns they limit. 

Name the plural of the following nouns : (1403) lady ; 
(1403) valley ; (UQ^) pailful ; (1405) memorandum ; (1406) 
analysis. 

1407. Wliat modifications or properties have nouns and 
pronouns ? 

1408. What have verbs ? 

1409-1413. Give the modifications of each of the nouni 
of the sentence, " The pleasures of sense," etc. 

1414-1416. Same of the verbs. 

1417-1418. How do you determine the modifications ci 
pronouns ? 

1419. What tenses has the Potential mood ? 

1420. Define mood, and (1421) name the several moodf^ 
1422. Same of tense, and (1423) the several tenses. 
1424-1426. Give an example of the moods of the verb 

wHte, in the present tense, with hoytis suhieet, i. e,, thobfl 
moods to which such a subject is apiilicabU-- 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



(3:15-4:15 P.M.) 
1437. How are verbs divided in regard to /orm,' 
1428. How in regard to sig^iijication ? 
1439. What determines the number and person of a 
verb ? 

1430. Does the object of a verb influence its number and 
person ? 

1431. In what case is the subject of a verb ? 
1433. In wliat tlie objid ? 

1433. Have the noininutice and objective cases of nouna 
different forms? 

1434. How are tlie>e cases determined.^ 

H35. To wliat is^ a noun in the possessive case joined ? 

143(5. What does the noun witli which it is joined 
denote ? 

If the following sentences are ungrammatical, correct 
them, and parse the word corrected. 

1437-1438. They thought it was me. 

1439-1440. I do not know who to send, 

1441-1443. The man sets in the chair. 

1443-1444. The book lays on the table. 

1445-1446. The eldest of the two sons attends school. 

1447-1448. The general with his soldiers were taken. 

1449-14.50. The room is twenty feet long. 

1451-14.53. To preach and to practise is very different. 

14.53-1454. Write the participles of the verb love in th« 
active form, with the name of each. 

1455-1456. The same of the passive form. 



Bxamination XXXI. JVov, 9, /876, 

(1:00-3:00 P. M.) 

In what classes are simple words divided with lefer- 
ence to their (14.57-14.59) number of syllables ; (1160-1461) 
formation ; (1463-1469) use in sentences ? 



GKAMMAR. 



1470. Give the singular of men, teeth, mice. 

How are adjectives regularly compared to exjiress 
degrees of comparison (1471) below the positive (or of 
dimiuutiou), and (1472-1473) above the positive (or of in- 
crease) ? 

1474-1476. Give examples of comparison to illustraie 
answers 1471-1473 

1477. What modification have some adverbs ? 

147S. From what otlier class of words are many adverbs 
derived ? 

1479. Mention four general classes of adverbs. 

1480-1483. Mention three kinds of pronouns, and give a 
definition of each Idnd. 

1483-1488. Write the objective singulai- of each simple 
pronoun whose form is varied by declension, and after 
each of these objectives write a sentence containing 
it. 

1489-1491. Which of the pronouns indicate, by their 
form, the gender of their antecedent nouns ? 

1493. To what pails of speech do cases belong ? 

1493-1494. What classes of verbs do not admit of a 
passive voice (or form) ? 

149.5. Define the subjunctive mood. 

1496-1498. Which moods cannot be used in asking ques- 
tions ? 

1499-1502. Which tenses eii!i)loy auxiliaries ? 

1503. What tense must be used to denote that a certain 
event will precede some other event referred to ? 

What pails of si)eech (or kinds of words) are needed to 
coiui'lete the two following sentences ? 

1504. li must be done to-day to-morrow. 

1.505. Live peace all men. 

1506-1.508. \N'hat three jirincijial statements are in- 
cluded in the exercise of parsing ; or, of what does jjars- 
ing consist ? 



THE regents' questions. 



(3:15-4:15 P.M.) 

VS'rltc, and parse in full each italicized word in the fol« 
iO'\ving sentence, nucludiog auxiliaries, of course, with 
their principal verbs) : 

1500-1520. "The best mdhors should be read hy the 
stn'lent, that he may thus insensibly acquire a grace and 
refinement of expression which no arbitrary rules can 
"'ive." 

Correct the following examples of false syntax, and 
give the reason for the correction, and the syntax of the 
corrected Avord in each : 

1521-1.53"3. He is to be married to I don't know who. 

1.523-1524. Generation after generation pass away. 

1.52.5-1.526. Young's "Night Thoughts" area gloomy 
but instructive poem. 

1.527-1528. On that occasion, neither he nor I were con- 
sulted. 

1.529-1530. Which is the lai'gest number, — the minuend 
or the subtrahend ? 

1.531-1.532. Pitt was the pillar who upheld the state. 

1533-1.534. Our teacher told us that air had weight. 

1.58.5-1.536. I intend to have written to him. 



Note. — In the plates from which the complete illustrated 
volume and the first editions of this pamphlet were print- 
ed, the numbers of the questions from Examination XII 
were >uo great by 24. the last quoetioi? in XI being num- 
bered 264, and the first in XII 289. In this edition, the 
error has been corrected. The corresponding questions 
in the other editions may be found by adding 24 to all 
numbers above 364 in this editioT^. 



GRAMMAR. 



Bxaminatio7i XXXII. March 7, 7877* 

(1:30-3:00 i'. m.) 

Be thorough hi every study. Passing over a field 
of study has been compared to conquering a country. 
If you thoroughly conquer everything you meet, you 
will pass on from victory to victory ; but if you leave 
here and there a port or garrison not subdued, you will 
soon have an army hanging on your rear, and your 
giound will .<oc)n need re-conquering. Never i)ass over 
a single thing without undcjstanding all that can be 
known about it. Todd's Studenfs Manual, eh. iii, 4. 

WiHte the following verbs, and the voice (or form, or 
kind) ; — mood.: tense ; number, person and subject of each: 
(Count number, person and subject as one ans.) 

1537-1540. Be, line a. 

1541-1544. Has been compared, line b. 

1545-1548. Conquer, line c. 

1549-1552. Meet, line c. 

1553-1556. Will need, line g, 

1557-1560 Can be known, lines h, i. 

1501. What is an adire verb? Give an example. 

1562. What is a 2)cissive verb ? Give an example. 

1563. How is a passive verb formed ? 

1564-1565. In has been compared, ^^'hat m,odiJlcation 
{property or accident) does each auxiliary show ? 

Write the following words, give the part of speech (or 
class of words) of each, state how it is used, — whether as 
subject, predicate, adjunct (or modifier), object, or conrtect- 
ive, — and give the word (or words or clauses) with which 
it is so connected : 

Line a. (1,566) thorough; (1567) every ; (1568) passing ; 
(1569) over. 

Line 5. (1570) study ; (1571) conquering ; 

Lines b, c. (1572) country ; (1573) ecery thing. 

Lined. (1574) on: a')75) but ; (1576) i/. 

Lines e, /. (1577) subdued ; (1578) soon. 



THE regents' questions. 



Line y. (1570) re-^onqueinng ; (1580) over, 
lAne h. (IbSl) understanding ; (1582) aW ; {15S3) that. 
Give the lour j)ri«cipaZi)a?-/s (including present partici- 
ple) of (1584) ?nee<, line c ; (1585) feaue, line d; (1586) 
known, line i. 

(3:15-4:30 p. m.) 

1587-1590. Mention and define cacli of the four princi- 
pal divisions of grammar. 

1591. Define tlie impe7'ative mood. 

1592. \YhRiis a pa7'iiciple ? 

1593. What is an adjective, or adjective element? 
1591. Wliat is an adoerh, or adoerhial element f 

1595. What is a simple or grammatical subject* 

1596. What is a logical or modijied subject ? 

1597. Answer Q. 1595, as applied to sentence 2 of the 
Exercise. 

1598. Answer Q. 1596, as applied to the same sentence. 

1599. Select an adverbial element from the second 
Bcntcuce. 

1600. Which sentence of the exercis6 is a simple de- 
clarative one? 

1601. Which sentence is compound ? and, 
1602 Of hoAT niauj' members does it consist? 

1003. Wliat word connects the principal members? 

1004. In the member ending with the semi-colon, what 
is the leading or principal verb ? 

1605. The member following the semi-colon has what 
two independent (or principal) clauses ? and, 

1606. What word connects them ?' 

Select from the exercise (1607) a possessive and (1608) an 
objective 2i€rsonal 2'>ronoun ; (1609) a verbal noun ; and 
(1610) an adjective denoting unit}'. 

Correct the following sentences, andgire the reason foi 
tbe correction. 

1611-1012. Me being present, thej- were embarrassed. 



GRAMMAB. 



1613-1614. Texas is larger than any state in the Union. 
1615-1616. A variety of objects charm the eye. 



Examination XXXIII. June 7y7877» 
(1:30-3:00 P M.) 

a>] A Highlander, who sold brooms, went into a barber's 
shop in Glasgow to be shaved. The barber took one of 
his brooms, and after having shaved him, asked the 
price of it. "Two pence," said tlie Highlander. "No, 
no," says the shaver, " I'll give you a penny, and if that 
does not satisfy you, take your broom again." The 
Highlander took it and asked what he had to pay. "A 
penny," says the barber. " I'll give you a half -penny," 

% says Duncan, " and if that does not satisfy you, put on 

j my beard again." 

1617. What modifications {properties or accidents) have 
nouns and pronouns ? (1618) Verbs ? (1619) Some adjec- 
tives and adverbs ? 

WiHte each of the following words of the above "Ex- 
ercise," and name the part of speech (or class of words') to 
which it belongs ; give its several modifications ; and its 
grammatical relation as subject, predicate or object, as the. 
case may be, to some other word to be named: 

1620-1622. Highlander, line a. 

1623-1625. Who, line a. 

1626-1628. Soldlme a. 

1629-1631. Brooms, line a. 

1632-1034. Shop, line 5. 

1635-1637. Him, line c. 

1638-1640. AsTced, line c. 

1641-1643. Take, line/. 

1644-1646. It, line g. 

Write and parse each of the following words, giving ite 
part of speech ; modifications ; and syntax. 

1647-1649. Barber's, line a. 



THE regents' questions. 



1650-1652 The vei-h in line h. 
1653-1655. The^rs^ wr&inliue/. 
1656-1658. The second verb in line/. 
1659-1661. Yo7i, line i. 

1662. \Y hat participle occurs in the Exercise.* 

1663. What kind of a participle is it .' 

1664. As partakiug of the nature of an adjective, to 
what noun does that participle refer ? 

1665. As partaking of the nature of a ve7-b, what office 
does it perform in the sentence ? 

1666. How is that participle related in construction to 
the word before it ? (1667). If that word were omitted, 
what would be the syntax of the participle ? 

1668. What is the corresponding passive form of the 
same participle ? 

(Junes, 3:15-4:30 p. m.) 

Decline the following words of the Exercise: 

1669. His, line c. 

1670. Penny, line e. 

1671. It, line g. 

Give the four principal parts (including present partici- 
ple') of the following verbs: 

1672. Sold, line a. 
167^. Went, line a. 

1674. Took, line 6. 

1675. Asked, line c. 

1676. Give, line e. 

1677. Which one of the verbs in question (1671H1876) 
\b regular, and (1678) why ? 

Select from the Exercise : 

1679. A numeral adjective denoting plurality. 

1680. An auxiliary verb, present tense. 

1681. An auxiliary verb, future tense. 

1682. An interrogative pronoun. 



GRAMMAR. 



1683. A conditional conjunction. 

1684. An adverb of negation ; and (1685) state what 
verb it modifies. 

1686. A compound noun. 
Parse each the following words: 

1687. Pence, line d. 

1688. What, line g. 

1689. You, line i. 

1690. On, line i. 

1691. Beard, linej. 

1692-1696. Analyze the third sentence. 



Bxamination XXXIY., JVbr. 8, 7877* 

(3:15— 4:30 p. M.) 

a 1. Depend upon it, friends, if a straight line of life 

6 will not pay, a crooked one will not. 2. Anything 

c that is won by .fraud is very dangerous gain. 3. 

d It may give a moment's peace to wear a mask, bat 

e deception will come home to you and bring sorrow 

f with it. 4. Honesty is the best policy. 5. If the 

g lion's skin does not do, never try the fox's. 6. Let 

h your face and hands, like the church clock, always 

i tell how your inner works are going. 7. Better is 

j it to be laughed at as Toin Tell-truth, than praised 

k as Crafty Charlie. 8. At the last, the upright will 

I have their reward. — [John Ploughman's Talk, p. 129. 

Write each of the following words of the above "Exer- 
cise," and name the part of speech (or class of words,) to 
which it belongs; give its several modifications [proper- 
ties or accidents); and its grammatical relation as subject, 
predicate or object, as the case may be, to some other word 
to be named. 

1697-1699. It, line a. 

1700-1702. Line, line a. 

1703-1705. Pay, line b. 

1706-1708. Anything, line K 



THE REGEKTS' QUBSTIOHB. 



1709-1711. That, line c. 

1712-1714. Gain, line c. 

1715-1717. Peace, line d. 

1718-1720. Bring, line e. 

1721-1723. Skin, line g. 

1724-1726. Try, line g. 

Write and purse each of the following words, giving iU 
part of speech ; modijications (properties, or accidents); 
and syntax: 

1727-1729. Depend, line a. 

1730-1732. The first verb in line c. 

1733-1735. The first verb in line d. 

1736-1738. i^'ox's, line g. 

1739-1741. Tell, line i. 

Write and parse the following words : 

1742. Friends, line a. 

1743. One, line &. 

1744. Wear, line d. 

1745. Setter, line i. 

1746. How does the progressive form of conjugation 
represent an action or event ? 

1747. Which principal part of a verb, and 

1748. What auxiliary verb are used in the progression 
form of conjugation ? 

(3:15—4:30 p. m.) 
Compare the following words of the Exercise: 

1749. Straight. 

1750. Crooked. 

1751. Better. 

Give the four principal parts (including present parti 
ciple) of the following words : 

1752. Won, line c. 

1753. Wear, line d. 

1754. Bring, line e. 
17.5.5. Z>o, line, q 



GRAMMAR. 



1756. What other words does it, line d, stand for ? 

1757. Answer the same question for it, line j. 
Select from the Exercise : 

1758. A word that has no Syntax, i. e. no grammatical 
connection with other words of the sentence in which it 
occurs. 

1759. An adverb of degree. 

1760. A disjunctive conjunction. 

1761. An adjective in the supey^lative degree. 

1762. A verb in the progressive form, 

1763. A principal verb whose auxiliary is another form 
of the same verb. 

1764. The last verb in the infinitive mood. 

1765. An adjective used as a noun. 

1766. A compound subject of a sentence. 

1767. A compound predicate. 
Parse each of the following words : 

1768. Home, line e. 

1769. As, linej. 

1770. Crafty Charley, line k. 

1771. Their, line I. 

1772-1776. Analyze, The upright loill have their reward. 



Examination XXX Y, reb, 28, 7878, 
(1:30— 3:00 p. M,) 

EXERCISE. 

As I walked throu^'h the wilderness of this world, I 
lighted on a certain place where was a den, and laid 
me down in that place to sleep ; and as I slept, I 
dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and, behold, I saw a 
man clothed in rags standing in a certain place, 
with his face from his own house, a book in his 
own hand, and a great burden upon his back. I 
looked and saw him open the book, and lead there* 



GRAMMAR. 



in ; and as he read he read, he wept and trembled ; 

iand not being able longer to contain, he broke out 
with a lamentable cry, saying, What shall I do ? 

— I John Bunyam's Pilgrwi's Progress. 

Write each of the following words of the above "Exer- 
cise," and name the part of speech (or class of words) to 
which it belongs ; give its several modifications (proper- 
ties or accidents); and its grammatical relation as sw&- 
jed, predicate or object, as the case may be, to some other 
word to be nam,ed : 

1777-79. J. line u. 1780-82. walked, line a. 

1783-85. wilderness, line a. 1786-88. was, line b. 

1789-91. burden, line g. 1792-94. saw, line h. 

1795-97. hi7n, line 7i. 1798-1800. hook, lineh. 

1801-03. trembled, line i. 1804-06. last verb in Ex. 

Write and parse each of the following words, giving 
its part of speech; modifications {pro2yerties, or accU 
dents) ; and syntax: 

1807-09. de7i, line b. 

1810-12. the last verb in line b. 

1813-15. ilm first verb in line c. 

1816-18. standing, line e. 

1819-31. open, line h. 

Write and give the syntax of each of the following 
words : 

1822. through, line a. 1823. behold, line d. 

1834. with, line/. 1825. great, line g. 

1826. longer, line j. 1827. saying, line k. 

1828. What, line k. 

1829. Give the .progressive form of shall I do, line k. 

1830. What present participle might be substituted for 

with, line/? 

(3:00—4:30 P. M.) 

1831. Compare able ; and lamentable; one by suffixes: 
the other by prefixes- 



GRAMMAK, 



Give the four princiioal X)arts (including present partU 

dple) of which each of the following* words is one part: 

183^. laid. 1833. sleep. 1834, Ijeing. 1835. hroTce, 

1836. What prepositional phrase might be substituted 
for where, in line h of the Exercise. 

1837. What other word might be used in place of as, 
lines a and c? 

1838. Change What shalll do, to its equivalent having 
the verb in the passive voice {or form). 

1839. What dependent (or subordinate) clause, intro- 
duced by the conjunction that, might take the place of to 
ileep, line c ? 

1840. In what mood would the verb of that clause be? 
Write, in succession, the several clauses {propositions 

or simple sentences) contained in the Exercise, — omitting 
words used as merely clause connectives, — and number 
the clauses, arranging work thus : 

1841. Clause No. 1. — . 



1842. 




** 2. 


1843. 




" 3. 


1844. 




" 4. 


1845. 




" 5. 


1846. 




" 6. 



Write in a column the several words above designated 
as clause connectives, and after each give the numbers of 
the clauses which it connects, thus : 

1847. connects Clause No. to No. . 

1848. " " "— to No. . 

1849. " " " to No. 

1850. " " " to No. . 

1851. ♦' " " to No. . 

1852. Which of these clauses expresses the leading 
thought of the sentence ? 

1853-56. Analyze, What shall I do? 



GRAMMAR. 



Examination XXXYI. June 6, 7878^ 

(1.30—3:00 P. M.) 

1857. What is a sentence ? 

1858. What are its parts .? 
1859-60. Define each part. 

1861. Write a sentence with one word in each part. 
1863. Write one with two words in each part. 

1863. What is analysis ? 

Analyze the following sentences, using diagrams, if 
you can : 

1864. ''The remedy will soon be in your power." 

1865. " My uncle Toby has not the heart to retaliate on 
a fly." 

1866. What are parts of speech ." 

1867. Name and define two principal classes of nouns. 

1868. Give three examples for each class. 
Name and define the classes of verbs : 

1869. As to form. 1870. As to signification. 
1871-73. Name and define the modifications of nouns. 
1874-77. Name and define the the modifications of 

verbs. 

1878. By what other kinds of words may a noun be 
modified ? 1879. By what, a verb "i 

1880. To each of the nouns in the answers to Q. 1868, 
as subject, annex a proper predicate. 

1881. What modifications does the adjective have ? 

1882. How do you determine the number and person of 
a verb 1 

1883. What person has a verb in the imperative mood ? 

1884. How does the subjunctive mood differ from the 
Indicative ? 

(In parsing, give the modifications of the word and its 
relation to other words, naming the words.) 



GRAMMAR. 



1885. Annalyze the following sentence, and parse each 
of the words in italics : 

1886-90, " They rejected the cei-emonious homage which 
other sects substitute for the pure worship of the soul," 

Correct the following and give the reason : 

1891-92. Whom they suppose is doomed. 

1893-94. Has the articles been sent ? 

1895-96. He had not ought to talk in that way ? 

1897-98. The horse and carriage was sold. 

(3:00— 4:30 p. M.) 

1899. How is the case of a noun determined ? 

1900. When do you say that the noun is in the nomi- 
native case .' 

1901. When in the objective ? 

1902. What case of nouns has a different form from the 
other cases ? 

1903-4. To what part of speech is this form joined? 
and what does it signify ? 

1905. Analyze the following sentence, and parse each of 
the words in italics : 

1906-10. ' ■ Can the branch improve when taken from the 
stock which gave it nourishment f 

1911. What office does a relative pronoun perform 
which a personal pronoun does not ? 

1912. When a relative pronoun is the object of the verb, 
where in a sentence is it placed, with respect to the 
verb ? 

1913. What modifications may some adverbs have ? 

1914. What parts of speech have no modifications ? 

1915. When a noun not in the possessive case modifies 
another noun, what relation is it said to have to it.' 

1916. Give an example. 

1917-18. Construct a sentence with the subject modi- 
fled by an adjective and the predicate by an adverb. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



1919-20. Construct a senteuce with the subject modi- 
fied by the prepositional phrase and the predicate 
having a direct object. 

Correct the following, and giv^e the reason : 

1921-22. The legislature have adjourned. 

1923-24. If any one has been slighted, let them make 
it known. 

1925-26. He did not know who to suspect. 

1927-28. Does that boy know who he is speaking to ? 

1929-o0. lie was absent this whole week. 

1931-32. After I vij-ited Eurojje. I returned to America. 

1933-31. I respect every man's judgment and follow 
my OAvn. 

1935-36. "Which is tlie greater of the American rivers ? 



Excnninatioib XWXl'II. Xor. 7, 1878. 

(1:30— 3:00 p. m.) 
1937-8. Of what do Etymology and Sj'utax treat? 

1939. Name the principal parts of a sentence. 

1940. Which two are necessary to express thought? 

1941. Write a sentence containing these two only. 

1942. Write a sentence containing a modified noun as 
subject, and a modified verb as predicate. 

1943. Wilte a sentence which shall contain all the 
parts of speech except the interjection. 

1944. Wliat is the difCerence between adjectives and 
adverbs v 

1945. What is the office of conjunctions ? 

1946. What, of prepositions'? 

1947. Write tlie plural of each <;f the following nouns : 
knife, lady, valley, shelf. 

"Bear with me ; 
"My heart is in the coftin, tliere, with Caesar, 
"And I must i)ause till it come 1)ack to me." 

1948. What is tlie subject of the first sentence ? 
1949-51. Parse the verb in the first sentence. 



GRAMMAE. 



(In parsing, give the modifications of the word and 
its relation to other words, naming the words.) 

1952. In the second sentence, by what is is modified ? 

1953. What kind of noun is Jieart, and why? 

1954. Same of aes<ir ^ 

1955. Parse bt(rli. 

195()-S. Pai'se t\\L\first verb in the last line. 
1959-(31. Parse the aecoud verb in the last line. 

1962. Parse till. 

1963. Give the reason for the mood of irmst jjaiise. 

1964. How is the possessive case expressed in each 
number ? 

1965. Define the participle. 

1966. If if is not considered a distinct part of speech, 
with what is it treated ? 

1967. What is an abstract noun ? 

1968. What is a collective noun ? 

1969. What is a participial noun ? 

1970. What is a concrete noun ? 

1971-74. Mention and define four kinds of pronouns. 

1975. What class of adverbs may be compared ? 

1976. Give an example. 

{JVov. 8, 3:00—4:30 p. M.) 
Correct the four following sentences, and parse the 
corrected word in each : 
1977-78. It is me. 

1979-80. I have seen ray friend last summer. 
1981-82. Carry them letters to the post-office. 
1988-84. He is like a bird of prey who destroys with- 
out mercy. 

" O masters ! if I were disposed to stir 
Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, 
I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, 
Who, you all know, are honorable men : 
I will not do them wrong : I rather choose 
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, 
Than I will wrong such honorable men." 



Tin: IlliGENTS QUESTIONS. 



1985. Analyze (by diagram, if you cau) the sentence ; 

"I should do Brutus wrong, and Cas^sius wrong." 
1986-88. Parse maKteri<. 

19S9-'.)1. Parse the finite verb in the first line. 
199:3-94. Pai'se hearts and ininds. 
1995-97. Parse should do. 
1998-2000. Parse Brutus. 
2001-03. Parse ivrong. 

2004-0(5. Parse who, and give the reason of its number, 
2007-09. Parse aJl. 
2010-12. Parse men. 

2013. Parse than. 

2014. What is the object of A.-MO!/'.' 

2015. To what class of adverbs does rather belong ? 

2016. Of what degree of comparison is? it '? 



Examination X'XXVIIL Feb. 27, 
1879. 

(1:30—3:00 p. m.) 

2017-18. Give two rules for forming the plurol of 
nouns. 

2019-21. Give the plural of oath ; class ; >,hclf. 

2022-28. Give the possessive, sing, and phiral, oinum. 

2024. Define declension of nouns. 

20.25. To what other part of speech (or class of words) 
does declension apply V 

2020. Before nouns of what number is an used ? 

2027. "What Ques. does a cardinal numeral answer? 

2028-30. Compare ill^ old, beautiful. 

2031. In what degree of comparison is less wisely? 

2032-33. State two points in which the relative who 
differs from the relative v;hat. 

2034. Give an example of a commonly intransitive 
verb used transitively. 



GRAMMAR. 



2035. What does the perfect {present perfect or prior 
present) tense denote ? 

2036-37. Give the mood of each verb in the sentence : 

7 bid yon speak. 

2038-39. Coi'rect the false syntax in the sentence : 

It was him wJio Tupoke to. 

2040-42. Write a simple, a compouvd, and a complex 
sentence. (If you do not understand the term complex., 
write instead a sentence containing- a relative.) 

2043-45. Write a declarative, an imp)erative, and an 
mterrogative sentence. 

(a) '' He who writes what he should speak, and dares 

(b) not speak what he writes, is like either a wolf in 

(c) sheep's clothing, or a sheep in a wolf's skin." 

2046. Of what two kinds is the foregoing sentence? 

2047-48. What two relations does the first word " Re'' 
bear to other words of the sentence (naming these other 
words) ? 

2049-50. Give the object of writes, and of speak, line 
(a). 

2051. How do the objects of these words in line (6) 
differ from those in line (a) ? 

2052-53. Give the mood of speak in line (a), and that of 
the same word in line (&). 

2054—55. Give the subject of dares, and that of is. 

2056-57. In what case is wolf line {b), and why ? 

2058. What other word has the same construction ? 

2059. What conjunction connects these two words ? 
2060-61. In what number is sheep'' s, line (c), and how 

do you deteiinine its number? 

2062-63. Answer the same questions for sheep), line (c). 

2064-65. What adverb occurs in line {b), and what 
kind of an adverb is it ? 

2066. Parse either. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



(Feb. 28, 3:00—4:30 p. M.) 

EXEKCISE. 

1. Murmur not, O man I at the shortness of time, 
if thou hast more than is ■well employed. 

2. Has not human life often been carelessly spent 
in doing either nothing at all, or nothing that ought 
to have been done ? 

3. We sometimes complain because our days are 
so few, and yet act as if there "would be no end of 
them. 

20()7-69. Of the above sentences 1, 2, 3, which one is 
declarative, and of what kind is each of the other tw'o 
(on the same principle of classification) ? 

2070. Which words of sentence 1 have no syjitax (/. e., 
no grammatical relation to other "words) ? 

2071-74. Write and parse the first verb of sentence 1. 

l^° In parsing a vei'b, state "whether it is active or 
passive, (if active) transitive or intransitive, and regu- 
lar or irregular ; give its principal parts, including the 
present participle ; its modifications (mood, tense, per- 
son, and number) ; and its syntax. 

2075-78. Write and parse the fii-st verb of sentence 2. 

2079-82. Write and parse the last verb of sentence 3. 

2083-84. Write the last verb of sentence 3, and give 
its mood and tense, and the word with which it agrees 
as its subject. 

2085-86. Write " Thov. haat more than is well employed,^'' 
with the words understood required in parsing and 
supplied in their proper places in the sentence. 

2087. In what respect does oiigJd differ from all the 
other verbs of sentences 1, 2, 3? 

2088-90. Give the syntax of in, doing, and nothing, 
sentence 2. 

2091-93. What auxiliary word shows the mood, what 
one the tense, and what one the voice (or form) of the 
last verb in sentence 2 ? 

2094-96. Parse at, sentence 1 ; that, sentence 2 ; thenif 
sentence 3. 



GRAMMAK. 



Exainination XXXIX. June 5, 1879. 

(1:30—3:00 p. m.) 

' 2097-99. Write three short sentences : the subject of 
the first being Si2»'op€r noim ; of the second, a collective 
noun; .of the thu'd, an abstract noun. (Underscore, i. e., 
draw a line under, each of these nouns.) 

2100-2104. Write the plural of the nouns, fly, staff, 
inoney, iXiiJful, and Iltcssulman. 

2105-06. In forming- the plural, when, as a general 
rule, should s alone be added ; and when e.s ? 

2107-11. Write the feminine of nephew^ hero, baron, 
benefactor, man-servant. 

2112-14. Write three short sentences ; the first con- 
taining a noun in the nom. case ; the second, a noun in 
the^ms-.s. case: the third, n,noun\\\i\\Q. obj. case. (Un- 
derscore each of these uouns.) 

2115-17. Which parts of speech are declined? which, 
compared? which, conjugated? 

2118-20. Compare three adjectives so as to show three 
methods of comparison. 

2121-24. Decline /, thou, loho, whoever. 

2125-27. To what objects may the relatives, ivho, which, 
and that, be respectively applied ? 

2128-33. Give the principal parts (including present 
participle) of be, fly, flow, flee, go, imdertake. 

2134. ^Yhy are they Ci\l]e6. 2:)rincipal 2:>cirts ? 

2135. What Is the difference between an active and a 
passive verb ? 

2136. Name the class of verbs which take both the 
active and the J9«&.si?.'e forms. 

2137-42. Write six short sentences, each containing a 
verb in a different tense from the others. (Underscore 
these verbs.) 

2143-46. Write four short sentences, each containing 
a verb in a different mood from the others. (Under- 
score these verbs.) 



THE regents' questions. 



{Jicm 6, 3:00—4:30 P. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

1 1. We may not be able to accomplish all we de- 

2 sire, but shall we therefore sit still with folded 

3 hands? 2. By no means. 3. It is always brave 
. 4 and noble to do the best we can, under the cir- 

^ 5 cumstances whieh surround us. 4. It is only the 

2 6 weak soul that yields supinely to discounigements. 

7 5. Watch, pray, toil, are good words to remember, 

S and in this world of care and disappointment 

9 tliey will carry us through. 

|i^°" In parsing, write the word, give the part of 
speech, its modijichtions {properties or atlrihutes), and the 
word or words to which it is grammatically related. 

2147-50. Parse the verbs of sentence 1. 
2151. Give the connective of the two clauses. 
2152-55. Parse not, able, therefore, still, sentence 1. 
2156-57. Parse by, in line 3. Give the predicate of 
sentence 3. 

2158. Brave and noble, lines 3 and 4, modifies what ? 

2159. We, line 4, is the subject of what verb ? 
2160-62. Write each of the following pronouns, and 

the antecedent word or Avords which it represents : it, 
line 3 ; that, line 6 ; they, line 9. 

2163. What parts of speech are watch, pray, toil, line 
7? 

2164. Parse words, line 7. 

1 " When he had traveled half a day's journey 
aj 2 through a country which was continually becom- 
^ 3 iing more attractive, he came to the ban lis of a 
•J 4 broad lake, in the center of which was a large and 

5 beautiful island." 

2165-68. Write the clauses of the above sentence, in 
order, designating each as principal or subordinate. 

2169-71. Parse each clause connective. 



GRAMMAB. 



2172. Give the subject and the simple predicate of 
ho principal clause. 

2173. Select an adjective clause. 

2174. Select an adverbial cl ,use. 

2175. Give the subject of teas, line 4. 

2176. What does attractive, line 3, modify? 



Examination XL, JVov. 6, 1879. 
(1:30—3:00 P. m.) 
3JXERCISE. 
1. We one day descried at sea, some shapclcs.- 
object drifting at a distance. 2. It proved to be 
tlic mast of a ship that must have been completely 
wrecked, o. There were the remains of handker- 
chiefs by Avliich some of the crew had fastened 
themselves to the spar to prevent their being over- 
come by the weaves. 4. No trace was found by 
which the name of the crew could be ascertained. 
5. The wn-eck had evidently drifted for many 
months. 6. But where, thought I, are the crew? 

Washington Irving. 

2177. Explain the difference between common and 
proper nouns, giving an example selected from the 
exercise to illustrate each. 

2178. Give the gender of / (Sentence 6,) and the 
reason for your answ(U'. 

Write the feminine form of (2179) duke, (2180) Hero ; 
the masculine of (2181) landlady, (2182) songstress; 
the plural of (2183) father-in-law, (2184) halo. 

2185-88. Explain what you understand by the 
modifications (properties or accidents) of nouns and 



THE regents' questions. 



pronouns — illustrating each modification by an ex- 
ample selected from the exercise. 

Write each of the following verbs (including its 
auxiliaries) and give, of each, its mode, tense, sub- 
ject and object. (If any verb has no object, explain 
why not.) 



; 2191— 


2192—. 


; 2195— 


2196—. 


; 2199 


2200—. 


; 2203— 


2204—. 


; 2207— 


2208—. 


; 2211— 


2212—. 



1, 1st verb: 2189—; 2190- 

2, last verb: 2193—; 2194- 

3, 1st verb: 2197—; 2198—; 

4, last verb: 2201—; 2202- 

5, 1st verb: 2205—; 2206- 

6, 1st verb: 2209—; 221(Jlr 

3213-14. Name two modes not found in exercise. 

2215. What auxiliary verb in the exercise is often 
used as a principal verb? 

Explain, and illustrate each answer by an exam- 
ple selected from the exercise, on what principle 
you describe or distinguish a verb as being: 

2216. Regular; (2217) In active voice (or form.) 
2218. Transitive; (2219) In passive voice (or form.) 

2220. Rewrite sentence 1, changing it just enough 
to make the verb in passive voice and to express p7'e' 
cisely the same thought. 

Write each of tlie following words and after it 
give its part of speccli (or class of words,) modifica- 
tions (properties or accidents,) and syntax: 

Day (sentence 1 :) 2221—; 2222—; 2223—. 
Their(sentence3:)2224— ; 2225—; 2226— 

2227. Parse: An adverb taken from sentence 2. 

2228. An interrogative word from the exercise. 
3229. The first by in sentence 3. 



GRAMMAR. 



(Nov. 7. 3:00 to 4:30 p. m.) 
EXERCISE. 
1, We one day descried, sea, some shapeless ob- 
ject drifting at a distance. 2. It proved to be the 
mast -of a sliip that must have been completely 
wrecked. 3. There were the remains of handker- 
chiefs by which some of the crew had fastened 
themselves to the spar to prevent their being over- 
come by the waves. 4. No trace was found by 
which the name of the crew could be ascertained. 
5. The wreck had evidently drifted for many 
months. 6. But where, thought I, are the crew? 

WasJiington Irving. 
Select from the exercise : 

2230. One phrase introduced by preposition aud 
used as an adverb of place. 

2231. One phrase introduced by preposition and 
used as an adverb of time. 

2232. What is meant by that (Sentence 2?) 

2233. What is meant by wliich (Sentence 4?) 

2234. What one rule of Syntax applies alike to 
^/ia^ (Sentence 2) and wJdcfi (Sentence 4?) 

2235. Write one sentence illustrating the proper 
use of the adjective (or article) "a," and (2236) 
another in like manner for ''an." 

2237. What is a collective noun? Illustrate by an 
example selected from the exercise. 

2238. Explain fully what kind of a word them- 
selves (sentence 3) is, and (2239) give its syntax. 

2240. Select from Sentence 1 a derivative word, 
und (2241) tell from what it is derived and how. 



THE regents' questions. 



2242. Give the part of s eech and (2243) syntax of 
drifting (Sentence 1.) Rewrite Sentence 5, chang- 
ing it into (2244) an interrogative sentence, and mak- 
ing tlie verb in (2245) the past (or imperfect) tense. 

2246. What use is made of the word there in 
Sentence 3? 

Explain the difference in S3aitax (giving the rule 
which applies in each case,) between: 

2247. Some (Sen. 1) and (2248) Some (Sen. 3.) 
2249. Grew (Sen. 4) and (2250) Crew (Sen. 6.) 
2251-53. What 3 parts of speech may adverbs 

modify ? Illustrate each by a short sentence. 

2254. Write a short sentence using a part of speech 
not found in the exercise. Underscore the word 
representing the part of speech intended. 

2255. How do you determine whether a given 
adjective can be compared or not? 

Examination XLI. Feb. 26, 1880. 
(1:30—3:00 p. m.) 

Define (2256) clause, (2257) compound sentence (2258) 
polysyllable, {22ij0) patisive voice (or form.) 

2260-63. Correct the errors in spelling and in the 
use of capitals in the following sentence, and give 
the reason for each correction: when i came home 
John brown was cuting wood. 

2264-65. I have no money and can support you 
no longer. What part of speech is each word in 
italics? 

2266-69. Write an interrogative and an exclama- 
tory sentence, placing after each the proper mark of 
punctuation. 



GRAMMAR. 



2270. Correct the seiiteuce, "Goodness brings it's 
own reward." 

2271. This is the most valuable of the three. 
Change three to two and make any other necessary 
change in the sentence. 

2272-75. Love not sleep lest it bring thee to 
poverty. Write the verbs of this sentence and give 
the mood of eacli. 

2276-78. Express the indicative-present-first-sin- 
gular of the verb hear in three different forms, each 
of which shall represent the subject as acting. 

2279. For murder, though it have no tongue, will 
speak. Parse ham. 

2880-81. Write the plural of iJiis tooth. 

2282-83. Write sentences containing an adjective 
modified hy an adverb, and a noun modified by an 
adjective in the comparative degree. Underscore 
the modifying adverb and adjective. 

2284. Write the word unit preceded by the proper 
indefinite article. 

2285. Conjugate the imperfect (or past) tense of 
can. 

2286-87. Write two sentences, one containing an 
object, the other an attribute (predicate noun or 
adjective.) 

2288-89. Of what classes or kind is each verb in 
answers (2286-2287.) 

2290-91. The storm having ceased, we departed. 
Parse storm. Change the part before the comma to 
a dependent or subordinate clause. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



2393-95. Write the possessive case in the plural 
number of the words: wolf, chiJd, hero, princess. 
2396. What is analysis? 

2297. Fill the blank in the following sentence 
with the progressive form, present tense, of the verb 
go : Neither John nor James to school. 

2298. Give both forms of the superlative of Ixie. 

(Feb. 27, 3:00-4:30f. m.) 
Write sentences containing the following words 
properly used : (2299) the feminine of king; (2300) 
the perfect (present-perfect or prior present) of send; 
(2301) the plural of mouse; (3302) a noun which has 
no plural; (2303) a noun which has the same form in 
both numbers; (2304) an adverb of manner, in the 
comparative degree. 

EXERCISE. 

1. I first saw Venice by moonlight, as we skimmed 
3. by the island of St. George in a felucca, and 

3. entered the Grand Canal. A thousand lamps 

4. glittered from the square of St. Mark, and along 

5. the water's edge. Above rose the cloudy shapes 

6. of spires, domes and palaces, emerging from the 

7. sea; and occasionally the twinkling lamp of a 

8. gondola darted across the water like a shooting 

9. star, and suddenly disappeared, as if quenched 
10. in the wave. 

Write each of the following words, with its num- 
bers prefixed, and give its jj^ir^ of speech, modifica- 
tions {properties or accidents,) and syntax: 

Line 3, (2305-7) entered. Line 5, (2308-10) water's; 
2311-13) rose. Line 6, (2314^16) j^ala^^e-s. 



GRAMMAR. 



Give the syntax of the following: 

Line 1, (2317) ^^-s^. Line 2, (2318) in. Line 5, 
(2319) above. Line 6, (2320) emerging. Line 7, 
(2321) occasionally. Line 8, (2322) across. 

2323-24. Give the conjunctions in the first sen- 
tence, and (2325-27) the propositions in the second 
sentence. 

2328-31. Write the transitive verbs in the exercise, 
and their objects. 

2332. Form an abstract noun from cloudy, and 
tell how it is formed. 

2333. From what part of speech is occasionally 
derived ? (2334) from what suddenly ? 

2335. To what parts of speech may first belong? 



Examination, XLII, (a) June 3 1880. 
(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

2336 40. Define: adjective, adverb, participle, con- 
junclion, interjection. 

2341-42. In "I, John Doe. give and bequeath, ' of 
which person is "John Doe," and why? 

2343-45. Write the pluials of canto, duty, grief. 

2346-49. Write the following words in two columns, 
placing each feminine opposite its corresponding 
masculine: beau, witch, men, queen, wizard, belle, 
women, king. 

2350-51. Decline: sheep, which. 

2352-54. From the sentence "On the ninth of June, 
sixty Zulus were killed by red-coated Englishmen,'' 
select each adjective, and name its class or kind. 



THE regents' questions. 



2355-57. Compare the adjectives in "It is worse to 
be dishonestly rich, than to be the least wealthy 
citizen," as used in this sentence. 

2358-61. In the sentence "I that speak nnto thee 
am he," name each pronoun, and its class or kind, 
number, person and case. 

2362. Define the subjunctive mood. 

2363. Write a sentence containing a verb in the 
subjunctive mood. 

2364-65. Define the potential mood, and give nn 
example. 

2366-68. In which voice (or form), mood and tense 
does a principal verb undergo the change called in- 
flection, to correspond with the person of its subject? 

Give the principal parts (including present parti- 
ciple), of (2369) walk, (2370) liold, (2371) read. 

In the following sentences, which words are pre- 
positions, and which are adverbs? 

2372. He found a jewel inside. 

2373. He walked across the river. 

2374. It is above my head. 

2375. He ran down and saw the boat. 

Express the sense of the following sentences, using 
the passive form of the verb in place of the active: 

2376. He refused the money. 

2377. He will destroy the town. 

2378. That astonished me. 

(June 4, 3:00-4.30 p. m.) 

Write the following sentences, supply a suitable 
word in place of each dash, and name its part of 
speech : 



GRAMMAR. 



2379. Take lieud you do not fall. 

2380. Do right may be the result. 

2381. Write an interrogative sentence, using prop- 
er punctuation mark or marks. 

2382-83. Write an exclamatory sentence, using an 
interjection in connection with it, and the proper 
punctuation marks. 

2384-85. Use but in a sentence (or sentences), both 
as a preposition and as a conjunction. 

2386-87. Of what classes or kinds, as to form and 
meaning, is the following sentence, taken as a 
whole ? 

" Althougii no man can say that he will alwaj-o 
be happy, or escape suffering, the part of wisdom is 
to go steadily forward." 

2388-90. Give each of the several clauses or 
propositions included in the above sentence. 

2391-92, Which word is used to connect the first 
and second, and which word the second and third 
of these clauses ? 

2393-94. Give the subject and the predicate of the 
first clause. 

2395-98. Parse each noun in the sentence. 

2399-2403. Parse each verb in the sentence. 

Parse the following words: (2404) no; (2405) happy; 
(2406) steadily; (2407) forward. 

Correct the following sentences, and give reasons 
for corrections; 

2408-9. No grove, nor bank, lend their music. 

2410-11. Explain either of the three first sentences. 



THE regents' questions. 



2412-13. There is no excuse for him detaining you 
so long, 

2414r-15, Those sort of arguments are not to be 
used. 

Examination XLII, {b)June 17, 1880. 

(1:30-3:00 P, M.) 

"Up from the meadows rich with corn, 

Clear in the cool September morn, 
The cluster'd spires of Frederick stand, 
Green -wall'd by the hills of Maryland," 

2416, Name five parts of speech (or classes of 
words) contained in the above extract, and (2417-21) 
under each name write all the words of the extract 
which belong to that part of speech, 

2422, Does the extract consist of one sentence, or 
more than one ? 

2422. Give the reason for your answer to Question 
2422. i^" In parsing any word in this examina- 
tion, {a) write the word, and name the part of speech 
(or class of words) to which it belongs ; then give (b) 
the modifications (properties or accidents, if any); 
and (c) the grammatical connection with some other 
word or words, and the rule of syntax for the same, 
expresed in word. 

Parse: (2424-26,) mm^ws; (2427-29), rich; (2430- 
32), September; (2433-35), stand; (2436-37), hy. 

2438. Condense the phrase "by the hills of Mary- 
land" to three words conveying the same meaning, 
and (2439) state what grammatical change or changes 
were made in so doing. 



aRAMMAR. 



2440-43. Mention two common uses of the apos- 
trophe, and illustrate one of those uses from the 
above extract. 

2443-47. Mefition in a column the five inflected 
(or varied) parts of speech, and after each of these 
write the name of its own kind of inflection. 

2448-50. Write a sentence containing a proper 
noun, a pronoun in the possessive case, and an objec- 
tive element (or complement). Underline the parts 
required. 

2451-53. Write three short sentences, each con- 
taining still used as a part of speech different from 
the others. 

2454-56. Arrange the following pronouns in three 
classes, naming each class : they, who, this, our, which, 
such, and we. 

2457-58. What conjunction follows the compara- 
tive degree? Illustrate by a sentence. 

2459. With which mood of a verb is the subject 
often omitted? 

2460-61. Write a sentence containing two clauses, 
one oi' which shall be a conditional one. 

2462-63. Correct, "A variety of pleasing objects 
charm the eye," and give the reason for the correc- 
tion. 

2464-65. Write cooperate in each of two ways 
showing that the two o's belong to different syllables. 
(June 18, 3:00-4:30 p. m.) 

2466. A man deserving blame should be censured. 
Change the words in italics to a relative clause. 

2467. The boys having recited their lessons were 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



dismissed. Change the words in italics to an adver- 
bial clause. 

2468. Form a derivative adjective from storm, and 
(2469-70) derivative nouns from .7<9<9(^"and govern. 

2471. How do nouns ending mfe form the plural? 

2472. Gipsies offered to tell us our fortunes. Re- 
write this sentence, making all plural forms sin- 
gular, and supplying any needed word. 

2473. Give both plurals of penny. 

2474. Write a sentence containing the objective 
case of who, used interrogatively. 

2475-76. In what mood and tense is a verb which 
has the auxiliaries might havel 

2477. Write two sentences, one containing the verb 
bend used transitively; and (2478) the other, the 
same verb used intransitively. 

2479-80. How is the number of a pronoun which 
refers to two or more singular antecedents deter- 
mined? 

2481. What are the common auxiliaries of the 
potential mood, past (or inperfect) tense? 

2482. What different office have relative pronouns 
from other kinds of pronouns? 

2483. Parse Md in the sentence. All but him fled. 
2484-86. What are the singular objectives corre- 
sponding to tJiem ? 

2487. He givetli his beloved sleep. Parse beloved 
and (2488) sleep. 

2489. What is the pluperfect (prior past, or past 
perfect) of the verb have f 

2490-95. Write a short letter of three or four sen- 
tences describing your school room. One credit will 
be allowed for each of the following points: date, 
address, subscription, neatness, correct spelling, 
grammatical accuracy. 



THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1880. 



SPELLING. 



Examination I. JVov» 7, f866, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

1. The (1) lesson will (2) hegin at the (3) "beginning oi 
the (4) treatise. 

2. (5) Sets of (6) apparatus are (7) necessary for the (8) 
illustration of the (d) physical (10) sciences. 

3. On the (11) eighth of (12) February a (13) Connecticut 
(14) peddler (15) wearing a (16) swii of vl7) grrat/ (18) cZoffe- 
ing, (19) displayed his (20) wares in an (21) avenue of (23) 
Cincinnati. 

4. The (23) pZane of the (24) honzon is (25) horizoru 
ial. 

5. (26) JosepWs (27) brethren sold him to the (iirf) iM- 



THE regents' questions. 



6. The (29) oak is a (30) symbol of strength : the t\sm 
of (31) dependence: the (32) cypress, of (33) sorrow : the 
elm of (34) elegance : the (35) fir, of (36) symmetry ; and, 
as an evergreen, of (37) immortality. 

7. (38) Fur is warm but costly (39) apparel. 

8. The (40) Missouri river empties into the (41) Missis^ 
tippi. 

9. Strike the loud (42) cymbal. 

10. The (43) Judge of the Supreme Court (44) affirmed 
the (45) judgment of the lower ( i6) tribunal. 

11. (47) Ladies and (48) gentlemen, the (49) programme 
will open with a (.50) quartette and (51) chorus. 

12. A (52) council of war was called, and the general 
(53) counseled with the (54) colonels and (55) civiliaru 
present. 

13. *'He looked and saw a (5Q) spacious Q57) plain, 

whereon 
Were tents of various (58) hue ; by some were (59'; 

herds. 
Of (60) cattte (61) grazing; others whence the 

sound 
Of (62) instruments that made (63) melodious (64) 

chime."' 

14. Hiram had (65) hewers of wood. 

15. None are (66) too young to (67) try, 

16. (67) Matthew (68) tries to learn. 

17. The (69) czar (70) supported his (71) pretensions. 

18. (12) Scholar, {7S) soldier, (74^) surgeon, {7b) sergeant, 
(76) sheriff and (77) sovereign, all begin with s. 

19. (78) Binghamton is in (79) Broome county; (80) 
Syracuse is in (81) Onondaga. 

20. (82) Beading, (83) Spelling, (84) Writing, (85) ^r«?i- 
mms, i88) Grammar, and (87) Geography, are very im- 
portant *^ranches of (88) education. 



SPELLING. 



31. James and (89) tioo other boys were (90) tfiere. 

22. The (91) schooner was lost at (92) sea, (93) off Cap6 
(94) St. JRoque. 

23. (95) Their eyes (96 see clearly. 

24. "From (97) scenes like these old Scotia's (98) 
grandeur springs." 

25. (99) " Vanity of (100) vanities saith the Preacher.*' 



£Jxaminati07i II. .Feb, 28, 7867^ 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

1. The (1) princvpal of the (2) teachers' (3) institute (4) 
lectured on (5) physiology and (6) astronomy. 

2. The (7) legislature is in (8) session at the (9) capitoX 
in the (10) city of (11) Albany. 

3. (12) Scholars should become (13) versed in the (14) 
principles of (15) science, and should (16) practice those 
of (17) morality, 

4. A (18) geometrical (19) series (20) progresses by a (21) 
comino7i (22) multiplier. 

5. (25) Baleigh is the (24) capital of (25) North Gar-' 
olina ; (26) Nashville of (27) Tennessee ; (28) Baton Eouge 
of (29) Louisiana ; and (30) Ottawa of (31) Canada. 

6. In 1785, (32) Massachusetts (33) through her (34) dete- 
grafes in (35) Congress (36) executed a deed of (37) cession 
to the general (38) government and (39) relinquished her 
claim to western (40) territory. 

7. The (41) gladiators (42) entered the (43) arena of the 
(44) amphitheatre. 

8. White (45; bears (46) inhabit (47) arci^ic (48) regions. 

9. "How can ye (49) believe which (50) receive (51) 
honor one of (52) another? 

10. (53) Mathematical (54) treatises are much used in 
^55) engineering. 



THB BEOENT8* QUESTIONS. 



11. (56) Bread is (57) raised with (58) yeast. 

12. The (59) soldier (60) l)ared his breast to the (61) /o«. 
man's (63j view. 

13. A (63) youth (64) &?'ed in (65) idleness may well b6 
(66) pitied. 

14. " But (67) pleasures are like (68) poppies spread ; 

Tou (69) seize the (70) flower, its (71) bloom is 
shed." 

15. Carthage was (73) razed to its (74) /ounda^ions. 

16. Large (75) quantities of (76) flour are (77) shipped 
at (78) Chicago. 

17. TFbZi)es (80) p^-ej/ upon (81) weaker (83) animals. 

18. (83) Lewis's face was (84) pitted with (85) scars. 

19. (86) Ccesar (87) reigned as (88) emperor. 

20. ^ is a (89) diphthong ; eau a (90) triphthong. 

21. (91) ^ZyaTi (93) prayed that it might not (93) rai?*, 
and there was a either rain nor (94) deio. 

22. The (95) messenger bears (96) dispatches. 

23. A (97) suitable (98) site was selected. 

24. The Jewish (99) rites and ceremonies were (100) 
manifold. 



Examination III. June 73, 7867* 
(11:00 A. M.— 12.00 M.) 

Ihe (1) saddler (2) plies his (3) awl (4) rapidly and with 
(5) pecuniary {&) profit. 

(7) Samson carried away the gates of Gaza by (8) niqM. 

(9) Cain (10) slew Abel. 

Noah's (11) ark and its contents were the (12) sole relicfl 
of the (13) antediluvian world. 

The (14) valiant (15) knight (16) ate a portion of the (17) 
prey, and ere the hour of (18) eight (19) blew the (20) 
lugle for his (31) martial band. 



SPELLING. 

The (23) yeoman (23) assented after much (24) solioi- 
Mtion. 

The (25) heau (26)'A;weio the (27) belle would gladly (28) 
receive so (29) hrilliant a (30) bouquet. 

(31) Pigeons rarely (32) sow, but sometimes reap what 
has been (33) already sown. 

(34) Cromwell (35) proj'ogued the long (36) parliamenL 
The (37) horse chestnut tree has (38) peculiar (39) foliage 
and (40) &ears (41) t'e?^'2/ (42) beautiful clusters of (44^ 
powers. 

Human pride is a (46) useless, rank, (47) repulsive (48) 
thistle in (4.)) society. 

The (50) constitution contains a (51) guaranty that no 
State shaU be deprived of a republican form of (52) gov 
ernment. 
(53) Where may the (54) wearied (55) eye (56) repose, 
When (57) gazing on the (58) great ; 
Where (59) neither (60) guilty glory (61) glows 

Nor (62) despicable state ? 
The (63) Gincinnatus of the West, 
(64) WTiom envy dared not hate, 
(65) Bequeathed the name of (66) Washington, 
To make man (67) blush there was but (68) one. 
The (69) marshal left his (70) cane at the (71) depot in 
<72) Keene, (73) i\reio Hampshire. 

Before (74) Z/iee rose, and with thee (75) grew^ 
A (76) rainbow of the (77) loveliest (78) ft,ite, 
Of three (79) bright (80) colors, each divine, 
And fit for that (81) celestial (83) sign : 
One that was of (83) the (84) sunbeam's (85) dyes; 
One. the pure (86) depth of Seraph's eyes. 

The (87) three-ply carpet has a (88) blue (89) figure, and 
the (90) seams are well (91) sewed. 
Only (93) bodies (93) die; our (94) somZs forerer live. 



THE regents' QXjESTIONS. 



(95) All (96) arcs of circles are less than (97) eircuiirif 
ferences ; all (98) sines, than diameters. 

The pillar (99) seevxs to have been (100) hewn oat of a 
Bingle block. 



Bxaminatio7i IT, JVov, 7, ^867. 
(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

A (1) cord of (2) 'beech (3) wood (4) outweighs a (5) tdU 
of (6) cotton. 

I (7) would (8) untie the (9) kixot if I could. 

(10) Tears (11) steal from the (13) eye when the (13) 
heart (14) beats in (15) sympathy with another's (16) 
grief. 

The (17) auctioneer (18) seZZs a (19) pair of (20) urns, a 
a (21) J9at7, a (32) mahogany (23) bureau, a (34) guitar, a 
(25) piece of (26) s^eeZ, and a (37) bass-viol to the (38) 
c7iorzs!!e?\ 

(29) 5ee^s are (30) sown in (31) ^ters or rows. 

The (33) defendant (33) owned two (34) guineas. 

A (35) column of (36) artillery and a (37) battalion at 
(88) cavalry (39) encamped near the (40) &eac/i of the (41) 
sea. 

The (43) advent of the f43) Messiah (44) occwrred at a 
(45) period of (46) unparalleled (47) tranquillity. 

(48) S;!eafc and other (49) meais are (50) eafen with (51) 
bread and (53) vegetables. 

Be thou like a (53) roe or a young (54) hart. 

That (55) -oiaZ of (56) alkali belongs to the (57) labors 
aiory. 

The (58) accused man gave (59) bail to keep the (60) 
peace. 

(61) Idle and (63) vain are the (63) loai/s of the (64) 
90unterfeiters. 



SPELLING. 

There are (65) pears and (66) plums in the (67) orchard. 

The (68) ode was (69) written by a (70) pale-faced (71) 
poet. 

(72) Stakes are set for (73) metes and (74) hounds. 

The (75) weedte (76) pomte (77) northward; the (78) 
weather-vane (79) o5et/.9 the (80) ^cA:Ze wind ; the (81) 
plumb-line (82) gravitates ; the (83) pendulum (84) 'ui- 
brates in a (85) perpendicular (86) plane. 

The (87) cormnittee (88) wee!; the (89) compiroUcr to 
make (90) arrangements for (91) procuring (93) sto- 

The (93) earnings of the (94) 7'oacZ in (95) February 
last were (96) enormous, 

(97) /Se^•ze the (98) oars, and let the (99) 5oa< be (100) 
rowed ashore. 



Bxamination Y, J^eb, 20, 7868, 

(11:00 A. M.— 13 M.) 

I. The (1) squadron (3) bound for (3) Marseilles (4) m»- 
Jnrled its (5) canvass to the (6) propitious (7) zephyrs. 

n. (8) Patiently (9) loaii for (10) preciows (Il)/rviii. 

TTT . The (13) rieto (13) council-chamber was (14) ete- 
gantly (15) finished with (16) W50orf of the (17) fM'-tree, and 
the (18) ceiling was (19) beautifully (20) frescoed. 

rV. (31) J?'ane is (32) ano^Tier name for (23) temple. 

V. (24) Parliament (35) negotiated a (36) Zoaw for the 
(27) pe7-ilous (28) enterprise. 

VI. The (39) ordnance stores were (30) carried to (81) 
Lisbon, under the (33) guidance of a (33) cavalier. 

VII. The (34) principal (35) y?we of the (36) chimnej/ 
extended from the (37) cellar. 

VIII. A (38) sTiip's (39) buoyancy (40) adopts it to (41) 
iu«<am a (43) cargo of great (43) weight. 



THE BEOENTS* QUESTIONS. 



IX. The (44) prisoner (45) writhed in his (46) dungeon^ 

X. The (47) attorney was (48) too much (49) fatigued to 
(50) attend the (51) law suit. 

XI. The (52) celerity of (53) lightning is (54) almost 
equal to that of light. 

XII. (55) Buy (56) knowledge and (57) sell it (5') not. 

XIII. The (59) guests were (60) entertained in a (61) 
separate (62) swi^e of (63) rooms. 

XIV. (64) Secession (65) ordinances were (66) passed by 
(67) ei3e?n/ (68) ^mZ/ State. 

XV. Let the (69) dead (70) hury (71) i/ieir dead. 

XVI. (72) Rensselaer (73) county (74) touches (75) itfo*- 

XVII. (76) Orthography and (77) etymology are (78) 
tub-divisions of (79) grammar. 

t XVIII. (80) Rhetoric is included in (81) helleslettres. 

XIX. The (82) canvass resulted in his election by the 
(83) unanimous (84) suffrages of his (85)/eZtoro citizens, 

XX. (86) Sealing-wax is red. 

XXI. A (87) 5e?T2/ is a (88) species of (89) /rm7. 

XXII. {^0) Pigeons {9\) Jlew over the abyss. 

XXIII. A (98) banquet of (94) venison and other (95) 
luxuries was (96) prepared for the (97) garrison. 

XrV. Few are the (98) privileges and many the (99) 
grievances of (100) penury. 



£!xam,i7iation VJ, June A, 7868, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 
L What (1) various (2) attitudes and (3) ways 

And (4) tricks, we (5) authors have in (6) trrtf- 

WhUe (7) some (8) rcrite (9) sitting, some like 6 ayes, 
(10) Usually stand, whUe (11) ^/i^'re (12) inditing, 



SPELLING. 



(18) Poets (14) there are, who (15) wear the (16) floor 
out, 
(17) Measuring a (18) line at (19) eve^'y stride ; 
While some, like Henry Stephens, (20) pour out 
(21) Bhymes by the (22) dozen, while they ride. 

— Thomas Mooke. 

II. Take the (23) sum of the (34) pre?/ that was (25) 
caught. 

III. In the (26) fourteenth day of this (27) month, at (38) 
even, ye shall (29) keep it in his (30) appointed (81) season 
(32) according to all the (33) ?'i^es of it, and according to 
aU the (84) ceremonies thereof. 

IV. (35) Hour after hour he loved to {2>^)2)ore 

On (37) Shakespeare^ s rich and (38) varied (39) 

Zore, 
But (40) turned from (41) martial (43) scenes and 

(43) light, 
From (44) Falstaf's (45) /easf and (46) Percy* 8 

(^7) flight. 
To (48) ponder Jaques's (49) moral (50) strain, 
And (51) muse with (52) Hamlet, (58) tozse in (54) 

And (55) weep himself to soft (56) repose, 
O'er (57) gentle (58) Besdemona' s (59) woes. 

— Sir Walter Scott. 

V. It is the (60) peculiar (61) province of a grand (63) 
fwry to (63) indict, as it is of a house of (64) representatives 
to (65) impeach. 

VI. (66) Speak the (67) speech, I (68) pra^/ you, as I 
(69) command you. 

VII. It was the (70) roar of a (71) whole (73) herd ol 
(78) Zions. 

VIII. Is there a (74) balance (75) Tiere to (76) weigh the 
f77) jitsi (78) amount ? 



THB REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



IX. Ere life's (79) meridian, thus that (80) chief had 

(81) reached. 
The (82) utmost (83; pinnacle of (84) savage (85) 

grandeur. 
All that he saw, (86) heard, felt, or (87) could (88) 

conceive, 
Opened (89; new (90) scenes of (91) menial (93) 

enterprise, 
(93) Imposed new (94) tasks for (95) arduous (96) 

— James Montgomery. 

X. The (97) veins of his (98) forehead were (99) swollen 
through (100) excess of rage. 



Examinatio9i Til. A^or. 72, 7868, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 k.) 

" It is (1) so')ne (2) consolation (3) amidst the (4) uioZenca 
of (5) ambition and the (5) criminal (7) ^Tiirsi of (8) power, 
of (9) which so (10) many (11) instances (12) occur around 
us, to find a (13) character (14) whom it is (15) honorable 
to (16) admire and (17) virtuous to (18) imitate. A (19) 
conqueror for the (20) freedom of his (21) country! a (22) 
legislator for its (23) security ! a (34) magistrate for its 
(25) happiness ! His (36) glories were (27) werer (28) 
sullied by those (39) excesses into which the (30) highest 
(31) qualities are apt to (32) degenerate. With the (33) 
greatest (34) virtues, he was (35) exempt from the (36) oor- 
responding (37) 'wices. He was a man in whom the (38) 
elements were so (39) m,ixed. that (40) ' Nature (41) might 
have stood up to all the (43) ■worZd and (43) oioned him as 
her (44) wjorA:.' His fame, (45) hounded (46) &2/ (47) no (48) 
ooun^r^, will (49) &e (50) confined to no age. The charac 



SPELLING. 



ter of (51) General (52) WasMngton, which hi& (53) eon^ 
temporaries (54) reverence and (55) admire, will be (56) 
transmitted to (57) posterity ! and the (58) memory of his 
(59) merits and (60) achievements, while (61) patriotism 
and virtue are held (62) sacred among men, will (63) re- 
main (64) undiminished.''^ 

The (65) sum total of the (66) column is (67) eighty. 

(68) -Bees are (69) busy (70) creatures, and (71) Za^/ up 
(73) honey in (73) ceZZs. 

(74) Merchants (75) 6m2/ and (76) sell (77) various (78) 
articles by (79) weight. 

(80) Scholars (81) sTiowZd (82) A;wow (83) wjTiere (84) f?iez> 
(85) lessons are, and (86) s^tfd?/ them (87) faithfully. 

(88) T/iere is no time to (89) ^oa^■^! for (90) carriages. 

(91) Medals are (92) oftener (93) won by (94) industrious 
than by (95) idZe (96) people. 

The (97) ?-ei(7?i of (98) Absalom was (99) -uer^/ (100) sTioH. 



£Jxami7iatlo?i YIII. J^cb. /8, f86'9, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12.00 M.) 

What hs been the (1) nation's art ; (2) wherein has its 
(3) thought been (4) realizid in (5) some form of (6) beauty 
or (7) sublimity; how (8) spread upon (9) canvass, how 
(10) chiseled in (11) marble, how (12) designed in (13) 
architecture ; how has it melted in (14) music, (15) gloioed 
in {16} poet^^y, {17] fascinated in (18) eloquence; how has 
it (19) Tuimicked life upon the stage and (20) m,arshaled 
(21) armies upon the (22) battle-field; how, in fine, has it 
(23) developed itself in that (24) infinitude of (25) artistic 
creations that tend to (26) assimilate man to God, and 
(27) ea/'ZTi to (28) paradise. 

Write the derivatives obtained by adding ing to the 
followlDg words: (29) censure, (30) wwpm, (31) confer, (83) 



THE regents' questions. 



play, (33) dye [to color], (34) die [to expire], (35) tolercUe^ 
(36) control. 

It is the (37) triuinph of the (88) genius of man to have 
(39) succeeded, by (40) iiieans of (41) economical (42) ap- 
pliances, in (43) realizing this (44) phenomenon, in (45) 
appearance (46) paradoxical, (47) dearness of tlie raw 
(48) material, and (49) cheapness of the (50; m,amtr- 
factured (51) products. 

The (52) mountains of (53) Europe form (54) several (55) 
distinct (56) groups or (57) systems of (58) w^'y (59) di/- 
ferent (60) geological dates. 

On this (61) subject the (62) com?-^ (63) sa?/s : It is (64) 
admitted that the (65) defendant has (66) published (67) 
portions of the (68) opej-a (69) contaiyiing the (70) melodi- 
ous parts of it; and that in (71) one of his (72) waltzes 
he has introduced (73) seventeen bars In (74) succession, 
containing the (75) to/ioZe of the (76) original (77) air, 
(78) although he (79) adds fifteen others. 

The year has (80) been one of (81) varied (82) success 
with the farmer, and will be long (83) remembered for 
the (84) almost (85) unparalleled (86) series of dry and 
warm (87) weather in (88) owr (89) unusually (90) tem- 
perate climate. 

Write the derivatives obtained by adding ed to the fol- 
lowing words : (91) terrify, (92) mat, (93) journey, (94) 
de/er, (95) /rei, (96) whiz. 

Spell the following proper names : (97) Connecticui^(^) 
Cincinnati, (99) Paraguay (100) Mediterranean. 



£!xaminatio7i IX. Jfune /4, 7868, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

'Twas in June's (1) hriqht and (2) glowing (3) pr»»n«. 
The (4) loveliest of the (5) summer time. 



BFELLINO. 



The (6) laurels were (7) one splendid (8) sheet 

Of (9) crowded (10) blossovis (11) everywhere ; 

The (12) locusfs (13) clustered {1^) pearl was (15) swee% 

And the (16) tall (17) whitewood made the (18) air 

(19) Delicious with the (20) fragrance (21) sTied 

From golden [22) flowers (23) aZZ (24) o'er it (25) spread, 

Alfkd B, Street. 
(26) Several (27) rerj/ (28) exciting (29) skirmishes were 
in (30) progrress, when a (31) Zowd (32) shout (38) attracte.d 
the (34) attention even of the (35) belligerents, and then (36) 
<7iere (37) poured on (38) to the(39) platform from a (40) oToor 
at the side, a long line of (41) gentlemen with (42) ^/leir hats 
(43) off, (44) aZZ (45) looking behind them, and (46) uttering 
(47) vociferous (48) cheers ; the (49) cause (50) whereof 
was (51) sufficiently (52) explained when Sir (53) Matthew 
Pupker and the (54) /loo (55) other (56) reaZ (57) members 
of (58) parliament came to the (59) front, (60) amidst (61) 
deafening (62) shouts, and (63) testified to (64) eacTi other 
in (65) dwm5 (66) motions that (67) iTiei/ bad (68) we^jer (69) 
seen such a (70) glorious (71) sig-Ti^ as that, in the Cl2)whoU 
(78) course of their (74) public (75) career. 

Charles Dickens. 

And (76) loowZd the (77) no6Ze (78) dutchess (79) dei,9W 
To (80) listen to an old man's (81) strain ? 

Sir Walter Scott. 

Asia Minor, in its (82) great (83) physical (84) features. 
is a (85) miniature (86) representation of (87) J.sm. Like 
the continent, its (88) interior is an elevated (89) plateau, 
(90) surrounded by (91) mountain ranges of great, thouglj 
of (92) varying (93) height. 

Amos Dean, 

Three (94) poefs in three distant ages horn, 

(95) Greece, (96) Italy and England did (97) adorn ; 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



The first in loftiness of (98) thought (99) surpassed, 
The next in (100) majesty, in both the last. 

John Drtden. 



£xaminatio7i X» JSTov, f2, 7869, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12 M.) 

The next (1) day^ in a (2) pouring (3) rain, they went (4) 
trough Lake (5) Erie to (6) Cleveland, (7) reaching (8) 
there in the afternoon, and (9) staying (10) till late at (11) 
night; and (12) here Harry (13) lorote and (14) mailed a 
(15) little (16) letter home. 

Before the French (17) conquest, the (18) governor of 
(19) Algiers was (20) called the (31) ''Bey of Algiers." 

(22) Coarse (23) pieces of (24) coal burn well in a (25) 

A (26) scholar was (27) poring over his (28) lesson, (29) 
endeavoring to (30) Zearn by it (31) ro^e. 

(32) Several (33) com^moners were (34) promoted to the 
(35) peerage (36) duj'ing the (37) y-eigrn of the last (38) 

A (39) <rea<?/ of (40) peace was (41) ratified after the (43) 
cessation of (43) hostilities. 

(44) 6rreai (45) /eais were (46) exhibited by the (47) com' 
petitors for (48) prizes in the (49) celebrated games of (50) 
ancient (51) Greece. 

A (52) pai?' of (53) reins is a (54) necessary part of a (55) 
Tiarne.s.s. 

We (56) hear that the (57) steamboat (58) /are has been 
(59) increased, and the (60) proposed (61) pier wiU not be 
(62) built this (63) season. 

O (64) dear .' what a (65) crowd of (66) people I have (67) 
9een at the (68) /air. 



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The (69) stars in (70) their (71) courses (72) fougM (73) 
against Sisera. 

A (74) deer^s (75) meat is called (76) venison. 

(77) Pear (78) trees do not {1^) flourish in (80) some (81) 
localities. 

A (82) beautiful (83) scene was (84) sketched upon (85) 
canvass not less than (86) eZei'en (87) /ee^ in (88) height. 

It was (89) mee^ that we (90) should make (91) merry. 

(92) Leaven is (93) another name for (94) 2/easi. 

There are (95) gwite (96) too (97) man^/ poor (98) readers 
and (99) spellers in our (100) schools. 



Bxami7iaHon XI, F'eb, 77, 7870. 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

"The (1) value of (2) loritten (3) exercises in (4) master- 
ing the (5) orthography of the (6) language is (7) wni- 
ver sally (8) conceded. (9) TTie?/ are of no less (10) im- 
portance, (11) considered as a (12) means of (13) making 
the pupil (14) famUiar by (15) practice with the forms of 
language, and (16) giving him (17) facility in the (18) me- 
chanical part of (19) composition as well as (20) affording 
the (21) ver?/ best (22) driZZ in (23) punctuation, the (24^ 
Mse of (25) capitals, etc. 

The five (26) senses gire (27) hearing, (28) seeing. (29) 
smelling, (30) tasting, and (31) feeling. 

Then shall the lame man (32) leap as a (33) Tiar^, and 
the (34) tongue of the (35) c?Mm& shall sing. 

"A (36) mighty (37) ?'eaZm is the land of (38) dreams, 

With (39) sieeps that hang in the (40) twilight sky, 
And (41) weltering (42) oc cans and (43) trailing 
streams. 
That (44) s'Zeam (45) whsre the (46) dwsfey (47) valr 
leys (48) iz«. 



THE regents' questions. 



(49) Sulphur is a (50) mineral, but not a (51) meiai. 
A (52) solemn (53) group of (54) doomed (55) criminali 
(56) emerged from the (57) glooyiiy (58) dungeon. 

(59) Me thee, (60) guest, to the (61) flowery (62) mead 
whither the (63) busy (64) fiees in (65) swarms (66) resort. 
(67) Scholars who (68) ^rMZ,v (69) deserve (70) generally 
(71) receive the (72) weeri of (73) jjraise. 

(74) Dmw is the name (75) applied to a (76) certain (77) 
somhre (78) coZor. 

Mr. (79) Ilatthews, the (80) delegate from (81) iowis- 
iawa, being (82) thoroughly (83) wearied by the (84) 
fruitless (85) discussion, (86) properly moved the (87) pre- 
vious (88) question. 

(89) Character should be more (90) highly esteemed 
than (91) wealth. 

"May (92) each morn, that in (93) succession 

(94) Adds new (95) mercies ever (96) growing, 
(97) Leave a strong and deep (98) impression 
Of my (99) de5i, forever (100) growing.'''' 



Sxaminatio7i XII. lune Wy 7870, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

*' It was a (1) descent of (2) mo7'e than (3) four (4) 
thousand (5) feet from the (6) summit of (7) ^Tiose (8) 
movntains which (9) loitnessed the (10) vision of (11) 
Balaam and (12) ilfoses, to the (13) plains of Moab, the 
(14) Scripture (15) nawe for the (16) eastern side of the 
(17) Jo7~dan (18) FaZZey at (19) Jericho. From the (20) 
ordinary (21) ZeueZ of that (22) table-land was a descent of 
(23) about (24) ^loo thousand feet. The (25) course of the 
(26) Israelites may be (27) traced with (28) apparent (29) 
certainty (30) doicn a (31) ravine which (32) descends from 



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Heshbon to the Jordan, and which (33) still (34) retains 
the name of the (35) ancient (36) city which (37) lay at its 
(38) head. 

The (39) diference (40) between the (41) upper and (42) 
lower (43) grounds in (44) respect to (45) soil and (46) 
climate is as (47) great as can be (48) imagined. In (49) 
aspect, (50) temperature, and (51) products, the valley is 
(52) tropical in (53) character, so that the (54) Hebrews (55) 
passed as if into (56) another (57) Zowe. In its (58) south- 
ern (59) extremity (60) where it (61) ope?is on the (62) 
gloomy (63) mist-covered (64) waters of the (65) asphaltio 
(66) ZaA:e, it is not (67) Zess than (6S) twelve (69) mzZes in 
(70) wjid^/i. (71) T^ere, open and level on (7:^) aZZ (73) 
sieves, it (74) forms a (75) space on which (76) many (77) 
armies (78) mi^'Ti^ be (79) encamped. The (80) general 
(81) direction of the valley (82) iteeZ/ for the (83) szxZ^/ 
miles between lake Tiberias and the (84) Bead (85) Sea is 
(86) tolerably (87) straight ; but (88) deep in its (89) ijerj/ 
(90) lottom, the river (91) winds — it has (92) been (93) said 
that it (94) wriggles— {^5) along like a (96) gigantic (97) 
serpent, so that the (98) ZeJig'Z/i of the vaUey is not sixty, 
but two hundred miles. The (99) square (100) monoton- 
ous range of hills that support the eastern highlands rises 
up on that side for nearly a hundred miles." {Gags' % 
Studies in Bible Lands.) 



Bxamination XIII, JVbr. //, /870, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

"The State of New Yoek, (1) one of the (2) tJmi-vm 
(3) original (4) states of the (5) American (6) Union, is ^7) 
bounded on the north by (8) Canada, fron which it is (9) 
separated by Lake (10) Ontario and the (11) Si. Lawr^.nc* 



THE BEGBNT8* QUESTIOHS. 



river ; east by (12) Vermont, (13) Massachusetts, and (14) 

Connecticut, from the (16) former of which it is separated 
by Lake (16) Champlain; south by (17) New Jersey and 
(18) Pennsylvania ; and west by New Jersey, a part of 
Pennsylvania and Lake (19) ^rie— that lake and the (20) 
Niagara river (31) separating it from Canada on the (23) 
western (23) side. ' 

"From the (34) northei-n tt) the (35) southern (26) ex- 
tremity of the state, its (37) length is 311 miles (38) between 
the (29) fortieth and forty-fifth (30) degrees of north (31) 
latitude, and from east to west, between the seventy-first 
and seventy-ninth degrees of (32) longitude, it (33) extends 
'13 miles, (34) comprising an (35) area of 50,519 (36) 
square miles, or 33,333,160 (37) acres, of which (38) some- 
what (39) more than one- (40; half\& under (41) cultivation 
for (48) agricultural (43) purposes. 

"Its (44) present {'iLh) population is (46) aZ)Owi (47)/owr 
(48) millions, of whom one-fourth are of (49) foreign (50) 
hirth, (51) chiefly from (52) Irelayid, (53) Germany, and 
(54) England. 

"It is (55) divided into sixty (56) counties, and about 
nine (57) hundred and fifty (58) toiows and (59) cities. Its 
(60) principal cities, in the (61) order of (63) their popula- 
tion (63) respectively^ are (64) New York, (65) Brooklyn, 
(66) Buffalo, (67) Albany. (68) Rochester, (69) Tro?/, (70) 
Syracuse, (71) Z7i!ica, (73) Oswego, (73) Foughkeepsie, (74) 
Auburn^ (75) Schenectady, (76) Hudson, and (77) ^wgr- 
haiuton. The (78) capital is Albany, on the west (79) 
&an/i: of the Hudson. 

"The chief (80) rwers of the state are the Hudson, (81) 
Mohawk^ (82) Delaware, (83) Genesee, Oswego, and (84) 
Susquehanna, with the St. Lawrence on the north and the 
Niagara on the west. It (85) possesses a (86) sea-coasi 
trom the (87) Atlantic on its (88) south-easterly (89) borde* 



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(90) along Staten and (91) Lo7ig Island of 346 miles, a 
lake-coast of 353 miles, and 282 miles of (93) navigablt 
rivers. 

Its principal lakes, (93) exclusive of Lakes Erie, Ontario 
and Champlain, are Lakes (94) George on the east; (95) 
Cayuga, (96) Seneca, (97) Canandaigua, (98) Crooked and 
(99) Chautauqua on the west ; and Skaneateles, (100) 
Oneida and Otsego in the center and south." {Introduo' 
Hon to S. 8. BandalVs iSchool] History of the State of 
New York. 



Examination XIT, F'eb, 2/f., 787^- 

(11:00 a. m.— 13:00 m.) 

(1) Leaving (2) Boston on the (3) afternoon of (4) Sat' 
urday, the (5) fifth of (6) February, (7) we (8) proceeded 
(9) hy (10) another (11) railroad (13) to (13) Worcester, a 
{li)p7^etty (15) JVew England (16) town, (17) where we had 
(18) arranged to (19) remain (30) under the (31) hospitable 
roof of the (23) Governor of the State, (23) until (24) -Mon- 
day/ (25) inorning. 

(26) TTiese towns and (27) czfies of New England, (28) 
many of (29) which (30) would (31) 6e (32) villages in (33) 
OW England, (34) a7'e as (35) favorable (36) specimens of 
(37) rwraZ America as (38) tJieir (39) people are of rm-al 
(40) J.mericaws. The (41) well-trimmed (42) Zatons and 
(48) green (44) meadows of home are not (45) t?iere ; and 
the (46) grass, (47) compared with (48) owr (49) orna- 
mental (50) jsZoifs and (51) pastures, is (52) rawfe and (53) 
rough and (54) wild; (55) 5wi (56) delicate (57) sZopes of 
land, (58j gently (59) swelling (60) TitZfe, (61) wooded (62) 
valleys, and (63) slender (64) streams (65) abound ; (66) 
eu«7'2/ (67) ZirtZe (68) colony of (69) houses (70) Tias its (71) 
*,Mrc/i and (72) schoohhouse (73) peeping from (74) among 



THE EBGENT8* QUESTIONS. 



the (75) white (76) roofs and (77) shady (78) trees; every 
house is the {79j whitest of the white ; every (80) Venetian 
(81) hli7id the {S2) greenest of the green; every (83) Jine 
(84) day's (85) sky the (86) hi test of the (87) Uue. (88) AH 
the (89) huildings (90) looked as if (91) they had (92) been 
(93 » built and (94) 2^ainted that (95) morning, and (96) 
co?iZd be (97) ^a^•e?^ down on Monday with (98) vej-y (99) 
little (100) trouble. Dickens' ylynerica/i Notes, Chap. V. 



Bxami7iation XT, June 9, 787^* 

(11:00 A. M.— 12 M.) 

(1) Olmy, (2) England, 

(3) November 3, 1873. 
" Rev. John (4) Newton, 

(5) Dear (6) J^'riend : 
My time is short, and my (7) opportunity not the most 
(8) favorable. My (9) letter will (10) consequently be short 
(11) likewise, and perhaps not (12) very (13; intelligible. 
I find it no very (14) easy (15) matter to bring my mind 
into that (16) degree of (17) composure which is (18) 
necessary to the (19) arrangement of (20) ei^/ier (21) toords 
or matter. You will (22) naturally (23) exjjed to (24) 
receive (25) some (26) account of the (37) confusion that I 
(28) describe. * * * On (29) /Sfaiwr- 

day (30) wi^r^ii!, at (31) eleven (32) o'clock, * * 
I was (33) alarmed by a (34) cr^/ of fire, (35) announced 
by two or three (36) shrill (37) screayns upon our (38) 
staircase. Our (39) servants * * saw it 

from their (40) windoios ; and, in (41) ajypearance, so (42) 
nea?', that they (43) thought our house in (44) danger. I 
(45) immediately (46) rose, and (47) putting by the (48; cvr- 
tain, saw (49) sheets of fire (50) rising above the (51) ridge oi 



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Mr. (52) Farmer's house, (53) opposite to (54) ours. The 
(55) deception was such that I had no (56) doiibt it had begun 
with him, but, (57) soon found that it was rather fai'ther' 
{bS\off. Haying broken out in three (59) (Liferent parts, 
it ii (60) supposed to have been (61) maliciously (63) kin- 
dled. A (63) tar-harrel and a (64) quantity of (65) tallour 
made a most (66) tremendous (67) blaze; and the (68) 
buildings it had (69) seized upon being all (70) thatched, the 
(71) appearance became every (73) moment more (73) 
formidable. (74) Fromdentially, the night was (75) per- 
fectly (76) calm, so calm that (77) candles, (78) without 
(79) lanterns, of which there were (80) multitudes in the 
(81) sireei, burned as (82) steadily as in the house. * 

* Every man who supposed his (83) dwelling 

in (84) jeopardy, (85) emptied it as fast as he could, and 
(86) conveyed his (87) movables to the house of some (88) 
neighbor, supposed to be more (89) secure. * * 

(90) George is the (91) principal (92) suf- 
ferer. He gave (93) eighteen (94) guineas, or (95) nearly 
that sum, to a woman, whom in his (96) hurry, he (97) 
mistook for his wife ; but the supposed wife (98) walked 
off with the (99) money, and he will probably never (100) 
reco ter it." * * 

Yours, my dear friend, 

William Cowper. 



Examination XYI. JVov, 70, /877. 

(11:00 A. M.— 13.00 M.) 

Value of the Federal Union. — Webster. 

I (1) profess, (2) sir, in in my (3) career, (4) hitherto, to 

(6) have (6) kept in (7) view the (8) prosperity and (9) 



THE regents' questions. 



honor of the (10) whole (11) country, and the (12) preser* 
vation of il3) our (14) Federal (15) Union. It is to that 
Union we (16) owe our (17) safety at (18) home, and ouf 
(19) consideration and (20) dignity (21) abroad ; to that 
Union we are (23) chiefly (23) indebted for (24) whatever 
(25) makes us (26) prowd of our countiy. That Union we 
(37) reached (28) owZy by the (29) discipline of our (30) 
virtues in the (31) setje?'e (33) school of (33) adversity. It 
has had its (34) origin in the (35) necessities of (36) dis- 
crdered (Zl) finance, (38) prostrate (39) commerce, and (40) 
ruined (41) credit. Under its (42) benign (43) influence 
(44) ^Tiese (45) preai (46) interests (47) immediately (48) 
axDoke, as from the (49) deotti, and (50) sprang (51) /or^/i 
with (52) newness of life. (53) Every (54) 2/ear of its (55) 
duration has (56) teemed with (57) /res/i (58) proofs of its 
(59) utility and its (60) blessings ; and (61) although our (62) 
territory has (63) sirefo/iecf (64) owi (65) wider and wider, and 
our (66) population (67) spread (68' farther and farther, (69) 
^Tiet/ have not (70) outrun its (71) protection or its (72) 6ene- 
/Sis. It has (73) t/een to us (74) aZZ a (75) copious (76) fountain 
of (77) national, (78) social, (79) personal (80) happiness. 
* * I have not (81) accustomed (82) myself to 
(83) 7iaw5' over the (84) precipice of disunion, to (85) se« 
(86) whether, with my short (87) sig/ii, I can (88) fathom 
the (89) dep/?i of the (90) abyss (91) &eZoio ; nor (92) cowld 
I regard him as a safe (93) counselor in the (94) affairs of hia 
(95) government, whose (96) thoughts should he (97) mainly 
•Dent on (98) considering, not how the Union should be best 
(09)p?'eser'ued but how tolerable might be the condition of 
the people when it shall be broken up and (100) destroyed, 

£Jxamination Xy^II, J^ed. 28, /f872, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 
Tbe (1) great (2) object of all (8) knowledge is to enlarge 



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and purify the (4) sow?, to fill the mind with (5) nohli 
contemplations, and to furnish a refined (6) pleasure. (7) 
Considering this as the ultimate end of (8) science, no 
branch of it can surely (9) claim (10) precedence of (11) 
ustronomy. * * * 

Much, however, as we are (12) indebted to our (13) o5- 
servations for (14) elevating our (15) conceptions of the 
(16) heavenly (17) bodies, they present even to the (18) un- 
aided (19) sight (20) scenes of giory, which words are (21) 
too (22) feeble to (23) describe. I had (24) occasion, a few 
weeks since, to take the (25) early (26) iram from (27) 
Providence to (28) Boston ; and for this (29) purpose rose 
at (30) tioo o'clock in the morning. * * It 

wag a mild, (31) sej^ene, midsummer's (32) night, — the sky 
was without a (33) cloud — the winds were (34) whist. The 
moon, then in the last (35) quarter, had just (36) risen, 
and the stars shone with a spectral (37) lustre, but (38) 
little (39) affected, by her (40) presence. (41) Jupiter, two' 
^42) Tiours high, was the herald of the day ; the Pleiades 
just above the (43) horizon shed (4 ) their sweet (45) in- 
fluence in the east; Lyra (46) sparkled (47) near the 
Zenith ; Andromeda (48) veiled her newly (49) discovered 
(50) glories * * in the (51) south; the (52) steady 
(53) pointers far beneath the pole looked meekly up from 
the (54) depths of the north to their (55) sovereign. 

Such was the glorious (56) spectacle as I entered the 
train. As we (57) proceeded, the timid (58) approach of 
(59) twilight became more (60) perceptible ; the (61) intense 
(62) blue of the sky began to (63) soften ; the (64) smaller 
stars, like little (65) children, went first to rest, the sister- 
beams of the (66) Pleiades soon melted together ; but the 
(67) bright (68) constellations of the west and north (69) 
remained unchanged. Steadily the (70) wondrous trans- 
figuration went on. * * The blue sky noT* 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



turned more softly (71) gray; the great watch stars shnt 
up their holy eyes ; the east hegan to (72) kindle. Faint 
(73) streaks of (74) purple soon blushed along the sky ; the 
(75) tchole (76) celestial (77) concave was filled with the 
inflowing tides of the morning light, which came (78) 
pouring down from above in one great (79) ocean of (80) 
radiance. * * In a few (81) seconds, the 

everlasting gates of the morning were (82) thrown wide 
open, and the Lord of day, (83) arrayed in glories too 
(84) severe for the gaze of man, began his state. 

I do not (85) ivonder at the (86) superstition of the (87) 
ancient Magians, who in the morning of the world went 
up to the hill tops of Central (88) Asia, and, ignorant of 
the (89) trice God, adored the most glorious work of his 
hand ; but I am filled with (90) amazement^ when I am 
told that in this (91) enlightened age, and in the (92) heart 
of the (93) Christian world, (94) there are (95) persona 
who can (96) witness this (97) daily (98) manifestation of 
the (99) poioer and wisdom of the (100) Creator, and yet 
say in their hearts, "There is no God." 

Edward Everett, 



£^xaminatio?i XYJJJ, Ju7ie 7t ^872, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 
PATIENCE— Spurgeon. 

(1) Patience is (2) better than wisdom ; an (3) ounce of 
patience is worth a pound of (4) brains. All men (5>\ 
praise patience, but few (Q) enough can practice it; itia 
a (7) medicine which is good for all (8) diseases, and 
therefore every old woman (9) recommends it ; but it is 
Hot eveiY garden that grows the (10) ho^hs to make it with. 
When one's flesh and bones are full of (11) aches and (12) 



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pains, it is as (13) natural for us to (14) 'murmur as for a 
horse to sbake his head when the {}5) flies (16) tease him, 
or a wheel to (17) rattle when the spoke is loose; but 
nature should not be the rule with (18) Christians, or 
what is their (19) religion worth ? If a (20) soldier fights 
no better than a ploughboy, (21) off with his red (22) coat. 
We (23) expect more (24) fruit from an (25) apple-tree, 
than from a (26) thor.n, and we have a (27) right to do so. 
The (28) disciples of a patient (39) Saviour 30j should be 
patient (31) themselves. Grin and (32) bear it, is the (33) 
old-fashioned (34) advice, but sing and bear it is a (35) 
great (36) deal better. After all, we get (37; very few cuts 
of the (38) whip (39) considering what bad (40j cattle we 
are, and when we do smart a little, it is (41) soon over. 
Pain past is (42j pleasure, and (43) experience comes by it. 
We (44) ought not to be (45) afraid of going down into (46) 
Egypt when we know we shall come out of it with (47) 
jewels of silver and gold. 

Impatient (48) people water their (49) miseries, and (50) 
hoe up their (51) comforts ; (52) sorrows are (53) visitors 
that come without (54) invitation, but (55) complaining 
minds send a (56) wagon to bring (57) troubles home in. 
(58) Many people are born (59) crying, live complaining 
and (60) die (61) disappointed ; they (62) chew the (63> 
hitter pill which they (64) would not even know to be bit- 
ter if they had the (65) sense to (66) swallow it (67) whole 
in a cup of patience and water. They think every other 
man's (68) burden to be (69) light, and their own (70) 
featfters to be (71) heavy as (72) lead ; they are hardly 
done by in their own (73) opinion ; no one's (74) toes are so 
often (75) trodden on as (76) theirs ; the snow falls (77) 
ihickest round their (78) door, and the hail (79) rattles 
hardest on their (80) windows; and yet if the truth were 
(81) known, it is their (82) fancy rather than their fata 



THE regents' questions. 



which makes things go so hard with them. A little sprig 
of the herb called (83) contend put into the {8i) poorest (85) 
soup will make it taste as rich as the Lord Mayor's (86) 
turtle. John (87) Ploughman (88) grows the plant in his 
garden, but the late hard winter (89) nipped it (90) ter- 
ribly, so that he cannot (91) aford to give his (93) 
neighbors a slip of it ; they had better (93) follow (94) 
Matthew, xxv, 9, and go to those who sell and (95) buy 
for themselves. (96) Grace is a good (97) soil to grow it 
in, but it wants (98) watering from the (99) fountain of 
(100) mercy. 



Examination XIX, JVov, 70, 7877, 

(11:00 A. M.— la.OO M.) 

EXERCISE. 

We, the (1) People of the (2) State of (3) New York, (4) 
grateful to (.5) Almighty God for (6) our (7) freedom,, in 
(8) order to (9) secure its (10) blessings, do (11) establish 
this (12) constitution. 

aS) Article I. 

(14) Sec. 1. (15) JSTo (16) member of this state (17) shall 
be (18) disfranchised or (19) deprived of (20) any of the 
(21) rights or (22) privileges secured to any (23) citizen 
(24) thereof (25) unless by the (26) law of the laud, or the 
(27) judgment of his (28) peers. 

Sec. 2. (29) Trial by (30) jury in (31) all (32) cases in 
(83) which it (84) ?ias (35) ^fen (36) heretofore (37) wsed 
shall (38) remain (89) inviolate (40) forever, but a jury 
tr.al may be (41) waived by the (42) parties in all (43) 
cicit cases, in the (44) manner (45) prescribed by law. 

Sec. 3. The (46) /ree (47) exercise and (48) enjoyment 



SPELLING. 



of (49) religious (50) profession and (51) worship, (53) 
without (53) discrimination or (54) preference, shall for- 
ever be (55) allowed in this state to all (56) mankind; 
and no (57) person shall be (58) rendered (59) incompetent 
to be a (60) witness on (61) account of his (62) opinions on 
<63) matters of religious (64) &eZie/; but the (65) liberty of 
(66) conscience (67) hereby secured shall not be so (68) con- 
strued as to (69) exowse (70) acts of (71) licentiousness, or 
(73) justify (73) practices (74) inconsistent with the (75) 
peace or (76) safety of this State. 

Sec. 4. The privilege of the (77) lori;; of (78) habeas 
(79) corpus shall not be susiDcnded unless (80) when in 
cases of (81) rebellion or (82) invasion, the (83) public 
safety may (84; require its (85) suspension. 

Sec. 5. (86) Excessive (87) &aiZ shall not be required, 
nor excessive (88) fines (89) imp)0sed, nor shall (90) crneZ 
and (91) unusual (92) punishment be (93) inflicted, nor 
shall witnesses be (94) unreasonably (95) detained. 

Sec. 6. No person shall be held to (96) answer for a 
(97) capital or (98) otherwise (99) infamous (100) crime. 
* * * unless on presentment or in- 

dictment of a grand jury. * * * 



:Examinatio?i XX. F'eb, 28, 787S. 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 
EXERCISE. 

(1) Once upon a (2) midnight (3) dreary, (4) while I (5) 

pondered, (6) loeafc and (7) weary, 
Over (8) wian^/ a (9) quaint aud (10) curious (11) volume 

of (12) forgotten (13) Zore,— 
While I (14) nodded, (151 nearly (16) nappiiig, (17) swd« 

denZj/ (18) there came a (19) tapping. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



As of some (20) one (21) gently (5^3) rapping, rapping at 

my (23) chamber (24) door; 
" 'Tis some (25) visitor, ^^ I (26) muttered, "tapping at my 

chamber door, — 

Only this, and (27) nothing more." 

Ah ! (28) distinctly I (29) remember, it was in the (30) bleak 

(31) December, 
And (32) each (.33) separate (34) dying (35) ember (36) 

lorought its (37) ghost upon the (38) floor. 
(39) Eagerly I (40) wished the (41) morrow; (42) vainly I 

had (43) sought to (44) borrow, 
From my (45) books, surcease of (46) sorrow, — sorrow for 

the (47) lost Lenore, — 
For the (48) rare and (49) radiant (50) maiden (51) whom 

the (53) angels name Lenore, — 

(53; Nameless (54) here (55j forevermore. 

(56) Bach into the chamber (57) turning, (58) all my (59> 

sowZ within me (60) burning, 
(61) Soon (63) agram I (63) heard a tapping, (64) something 

(65) louder than (66) before; 
(67) "Surely" (68) saicZ^ I, — "surely that is something at' 

my (69) window (70) lattice; 
Let me (71) see then, (72) what thereat is, and this (73) 

m.ystery (74) explore, — 
Let my (75) heart be (76) still a (77) moment^ and this 

mystery explore ; — 

'Tis the (78) wind, and nothing more.' 

Open here I (79) flung the (SO) shutter, (81) wh£n, with 

many a [82) flirt and (83) flutter, 
In there (84) stepped a (85) stately (86) rawn of the (87) 

saintly (88) days of (89) 2/ore. 
Not the (90) least (91) obeisance made he; not a (93) 

minute (93) stopped or (94) «iaid he ; 



SPELLING. 



But with (95) mien of (96) lord or (97 j lady, (98) perched 

above my chamber door ; — 
Perched upon a (99) bust of Pallas, (100) just above my 

chamber door, — 

Perched and sat, and nothing more. 



JBxanii7iation XXI, J^U7ie 6, 787S. 

(11:00 A. M.— 12 M.) 
EXERCISE. 

(1) When, in the (2) course of (3) human (4) events, it 
(5) becomes (6) necessary for (7) one (8) loeople to (9) dis- 
solve the (10) political (11) hands which have (12) connected 
them with (13) another, and to (14) assume, (15) among 
the (16) powers of the (17) ear^Ti, the (18) separate and (19) 
equal (20) station to which the (21) Zatos of (22) nature 
and of nature's God (23) entitle them, a (24) decent (25) 
respect to the (26) opinions of mankind (27) requires that 
they (28) should (29) declare the causes which (30) zmpeZ 
them to the (81) separation. 

We hold (32) z!/ie.se (33) truths to be (34) self-evident, that 
aU men are (35) created equal ; that they are (36) endowed 
by (37) i/ieir (38) Creator with (39) certain (40) unalienable 
(41) rights; that (42) among these are life, liberty and the 
(43) pursuit of (44) happiness. That to (45) secure these 
rights, (46) governments are (47) instituted among men, 
(48) deriving their just (49) powers from the (50) consent 
of the (51) governed; that wherever any form of govern- 
ment becomes (53) destructive of these ends, it is the right 
of the people to (53) alter or to (54) abolish it, and to in 
stitute a (55) new government, (56) laying its (57) founda- 
tion on such (58) principles, and (59) organizing its powers 
In such form, as to them shall (60) seem most (61) likely tc 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(62) effect their (63) safety and happiness. (64) Prudenoef 
(65) indeed, will (66) dictate that goveruments long estal> 
lished, (67) should not be (68) changed for (69) light and 
(70) h-ansient csixises ; and (71) accordingly, all (73) experi- 
ence hath (73) shown, that mankind are more (74) disposed 
to suffer, while (75) evils are (76) sufferahle, than to right 
(77) themselves by (78) abolishing the forms to which 
they are (79) accustomed. But when a long (80) train 
of (81) abuses and (82) usurpations, [Sd) pursuing (84) iw- 
variahly the same (85) o6/eci, (86) evinces a (87) design to 
(88) reduce them under (89) absolute (90) despotism, it is 
their right, it is their duty, to (91) i?i?'oto (92) o;^ such gov- 
ernment, and to (93) provide new (94) guards for their 
(%h) future (96) security. Such has been the (97) pa^ien< 
(98) sufferance of these (99) colonies, and such is now the 
necessity which (100) constrains them to alter their for- 
mer system of government. 



Bxami7iation XXII, JVoy, 7, T87S, 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

Exercise — Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper. 

In the (1) winter (2) season, a (3) commonwealth of (4) 
Ants was (5) husily (6) employed in the (7) management 
and {^) preservation of (9) their (10) corn, which (11) they 
(12) exposed to the (13) air in (14) Tieaps (15) about the 
(16) avenues of their (17) Zzi^Ze (18) country (19) habitation. 
A (20) grasshopper who had (21) chanced to (22) outlive 
the (23) summer, and was (24) reac/t/ to starve with cold 
and (25) hunger, (26) approached them with (27) gfrea^ (28) 
humiliiy, and (29) begged that (30) iTiey (31) loowZd (33) 
reZieue his (33) necessity with (34) one (35) grram of (36) 
wlieat or (37) rye. One of the Ants (38) asked him, how 



SPELLING. 



ne had (39) disposed of his time in summer, that he had 
not taken (40) pains and (41) laid in a (43) stock as they 
had (43) done. (44) "JZas, (45) gentlemen,'^ (46) saysirn, 
"I (41) passed away the time (48) nierrily and (49)j9teas- 
an^iy m (50) drinking, (51) singing, (52) dancing, ana (53) 
never (54) orice (55) thought ot" winter." "If that be the 
case," (5ii) replied the ant, (57) laughing, (58) " aW I have 
to say, is, that they who drinli, sing and dance in summer, 
must starve in v/inter." 

MOEAL. 

As summer is the season of the (59) year in which the 
(60) husbandinan (61) gathers such (62) fruits as may (63) 
supply his (64) necessities in winter, so (65) youth and (66) 
manhood (67) should be (68) chiefly (69) occupied in (70) 
providing such (71) necessaries as may (72) suffice for the 
(73) craving (74) demands of (75) helpless old ao'e. Tet 
(76) maw?/ of (77) iTiose (78) tuTiom we call (79) rational (80) 
creatures live in (81) gtate the (82) opposite (83) toa^/, (84) 
making it their (85) business to (86) squander whatever 
they may have (87) acquired ; as if the (88) feebleness of 
age would (89) need no (90) supplies to (91) support it ; or, 
at (92) Zeas/, would have them {^'S) furnished in (94) soms 
(95) miraculous (96) manner. 

From this fable we (97) Zearw this (98) lesson, never to 
lose any (99) opportunity of providing against the future 
evils and (100) accidents of life. 



Examination XXIII, I^eb. 27 y f87^* 

(3:15 A. M.— 4:15 M.) 
EXERCISE. 

(1) Daniel (2) Webster was (3) grea. in all the (4) 
elements of his (5) character : great in (6) original (7) 



THF regents' QUESTIOKS. 



mental (8) strength ; great in (9) varied and vast (10} 
acquirements ; great in (11) quick and (12) keen 

(13) perception; great in (14) subtle, (15) logical (16) dis- 
crimination; great in (17) force of (18) thought; great in 
(10) power of (20) intense and (21) r^■5r^d (22) analysis ; 
gi'cat in rare and (23) beautiful (24) combination of (25) 
talents ; great in (26) ability to (27) command his powers ; 
great in (28) range and (29) acuteness of (30) vision, for 
tie (31) coitM (32) see like a (33) prophet. (34) iTence his 
(35) decision of character ; his bold. (36) manly, (37) inde- 
pendent though ; his (38) w?7ioZe (39) sovereign ty of mind. 

No man (40) p)robably ever lived, who coald (41) calcu- 
late, with such (42) mathematical (43) certainty, the (44) 
separate (45) e^eci of (46) huinan (47) actions, or the (48) 
intricate, (J9) combined, and (50) complicated (51) in^u- 
ence of (52) e?-'e?'i/ (53) movement, (54) social, (55) political or 
(56) personal. He could (57) de/?ne and (58) determine the 
(59) 'uer2/ (60) destiny of influence. This is the (61) X^ 
to the (62) x)Toblem, of his (63) greatness, an (64) explana- 
tion of the (65) miracle of his power. We are (66) proud 
of his greatness, (67) because it is (68) J-^nerican, (69) 
■wholly American ! The very (70) impulses of his (71) 
Tieari were American. 

The (72) spirit of American (73) institutions had (74) in- 
/Msed itself into his life-had (75) become a part of his being. 
He was proud of his (76) country; proud of her (77) com,- 
merce; her art and (78) science; her (79) wealth, (80) 
resources and labor; and all in turn were proud of him. 
His (81) patriotism was not (82) bounded by the (83) nar- 
row (84) limits of (85) sectional (86) interest nor (87) 
Tiemmed in by state lines, nor (88) regulated by local (89) 
•policy. It was as (90) broad as his country. He (91) 
knew a North and a (92) South, an East and a West; bm 
he knew them only as one — "One and (93) inseparable !^ 



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As a (94) forsenic (95) orator, I know of no age which 
can -boast hie (96) superior. He united the boldness and 
energy of the (97) Grecian, and the (98) grandeur and 
strength of the Roman, to an original (99) simplicity 
which neither Grecian nor Roman (100) possessed. 



Examination XXIT, June 6, 787^* 

(3:15—4:15 P. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

The (1) lesson will (3) hegin at the (3) beginning of the 
(4) treatise.- - (5) Sets of (6) apparatus are (7) necessary 
for the (8) illustration oi the (9) physical (10) sciences. — 
On the (11) eighth of (12) February, a (13) Connecticut (14) 
peddler, (15) wearing a (16) suit of (17) gray (18) clothing, 
(19) displayed his (20) wares in an (21) avenue of (22) 

Cincinnati. The (23) plane of the (24) horizon is (25) 

horizontal. (26) Joseph's (27) brethren sold him to the 

(28) Ishmaelites. The (29) oak is a (30) symbol of 

strength : the vine, of (31) dependence : the (32) cypress, 
of (33) sorrow : the elm, of (34) elegance : the (35) ^r, of 
(36) symmetry ; and, as an evergreen, of (37) immortality. 

(38) Fur is warm but costly (39) apparel. The (40) 

MissouririyQT empties into the (41) Mississippi. Strike 

the loud (42) cymbal. The (43) judge of the supremo 

court (44) affirmed the (45) judgment of the lower (46) 

tribunal. (47) Ladies and (48) gentlemen, the (49) pro- 

gramme will open with a (50) quartette and (51) chorus. 

^A(52) council of war was called, and the general 

(58) counseled with the (54) colonels and (55) civiliam 
present. 

" He looked and saw a (56) spacious (57) plain whereon 
Were tents of various (58) hv£ ; by some were (59) herdi 



THE regents' questions. 



Of (60) cattle (61) grazing ; others whence the sonnd 

Of (62) instruments that made (63) melodious (64) chime. 

Hiram had (65) hewers of wood. None are too young 

to (66) t7y. (67) Mathew (68) tries to learn. The (69) 

Czar (70) supported his (71) pretensions, (73) Scholar ^ 

(73) soldier, (74) surgeon. (75) sergeant, (76) sheriff and 

(77) sovereign, all begin with s. (78) Binghamton is in 

(79) Broome county ; (80) Syracuse in (81) Onondaga. 

(82) Readinq, (83) Spelling, (84) Writing, (85) Arithmetic, 
(86) Grammar and (87) Geography are very important 

branches of (88) education. James and (89) troo other 

boys were (90) tJiere. The (91) schooner was lost at (93) 

«ca, (93) off' Cape (94) St. Rogue. (95) Their eyes (96) 

see clearly. From (97) scenes like these old Scotia's 

(98) grandeur springs. (99) ''Vanity of (100) vanities, 

saith the Preacher." 



SPELLING. 



Examination XXV, JVov, 6, 787^* 

(3:15—4:15 p. m.) 



1 accordance. 

2 aggregate. 

3 although. 

4 angle. 

5 appeal. 

6 apples. 

7 applicable. 

8 assist. 

9 attack. 

10 average. 

11 belief. 

12 betray. 

13 building. 

14 bureau. 

15 business. 

16 collectible. 

17 committee. 

18 companies. 

19 daylight. 

20 department. 

21 detach. 

22 doctrine. 

23 driUed. 

24 during. 

25 eagerness. 

26 enemy. 

27 engineering. 

28 enthusiasm. 

29 envelop. 

30 equipage. 

31 estimate. 

32 everything. 
83 excellent. 



34 February. 

35 feeling. 

36 following. 

37 fragments. 

38 fruits. 

39 generals. 

40 grammar. 

41 gratitude. 

42 handkerchief. 

43 handsome. 

44 happen. 

45 happier. 

46 having. 

47 horizon. 

48 hundred. 

49 hurrying. 

50 immediately. 

51 initial. 

52 insurance. 

53 language. 

54 living. 

55 marble. 

56 militia. 

57 miracles. 

58 mischievous. 

59 money. 

60 mystery. 

61 occupation, 

62 operation. 

63 orchard. 

64 participle. 

65 postage. 

66 practice. 

67 practicing. 



68 praise. 

69 present. 

70 pressing. 

71 procure. 

72 provincial. 

73 quantity. 

74 quotient. 

75 receipt. 

76 receive. 

77 regiment. 

78 resident. 

79 Rhode Island. 

80 rousing. 

81 running, 

82 sealed. 

83 sensible. 

84 services. 

85 shaking. 

86 spies. 

87 stagger. 

88 summit. 

89 surprise. 

90 Switzerland. 

91 symmetry. 

92 taught. 

93 touohed. 

94 transpoBed. 

95 treasure. 

96 trenches. 

97 trying. 

98 warmth. 

99 Wednesday. 
100 YorkviUe. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Examination XXYI, J^eb, 2.6, f87S, 



(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 



1 ability. 


2 accent. 


3 adjective. 


4 affection. 


5 ague. 


6 alkali. 


7 amazement. 


8 answer. 


9 antique. 


10 approved. 


11 balloon. 


12 banquet. 


13 beastly. 


14 blackguard. 


15 boarder. 


16 carcass. 


17 cheating. 


18 compass. 


19 deception. 


20 discernment. 


21 dollar. 


22 dreariness. 


23 dungeon. 


24 dAvelliug. 


25 eagle. 


26 election. 


27 embalm. 


28 emergency. 


29 ensign. 


30 Esquimaux. 


31 Europe. 


32 exchequer. 


83 eye-salve. 



34 famous. 

35 fashion. 

36 fruitful. 

37 footstool. 

38 furrow. 

39 gauge. 

40 Glasgow. 

41 glue. 

42 guidance. 

43 heathenism. 

44 hemisphere. 

45 honesty. 

46 hyena. 

47 Island. 

48 Indianapolis. 

49 issue. 

50 jubilee. 

51 knapsack. 
53 kitchen. 

53 lancet. 

54 laugliter. 

55 Louisiana. 

56 malicious. 

57 matchless. 

58 middle. 

59 mixture. 

60 Missouri. 

61 nuisance. 

62 nuptial. 

63 oblique. 

64 outside. 

65 patient. 

66 Pennsylvania. 

67 pompoufl. 



68 powder. 

69 prejudice. 

70 priesthood. 

71 quarrelsome. 

72 quotation. 

73 rebellion. 

74 recitation. 

75 reference. 

76 rhinocero 8 

77 roughness. 

78 sachel. 

79 saddle. 

80 seasonable. 

81 shawl. 

82 sincere, 

83 sovereign. 

84 struggle. 

85 subjection, 

86 synthesis. 

87 talkative. 

88 thistle. 

89 tongue. 

90 tyranny. 

91 umbrella. 

92 unfairness. 

93 utterance. 

94 vault. 

95 watchman, 

96 wrinkle. 

97 wrong. 

98 yearly. 

99 yielding, 
100 zealous. 



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\Exami7iation XXYJI. June Ay ^876. 



(3:15—4:15 P. M.) 



1 abolish. 

2 abridge. 

3 aecouut. 

4 action. 

5 adjourn. 

6 advice. 

7 agency. 

8 alphabet. 

9 altar (for sacri- 

fice. 

10 arouse. 

11 auction. 
\'i, ballot. 

13 balsam. 

14 beauty. 

15 bilious. 

16 biscuit. 

17 blossom. 

18 bugle. 

19 building. 

20 calico. 

21 canvas (coarse 

cloth.) 
23 carriage. 

23 coffee. 

24 conjugate. 

25 cream. 

26 currency. 

27 defect. 

28 discord. 

29 dishonesty. 
SO edge. 

31 equality. 

32 essence. 
83 exceUent. 



34 fatigue. 

35 feeble. 

36 liight. 

37 foreign 

38 fruit. 

39 gazette. 

40 genius. 

41 grain. 

42 ground. 

43 guilt. 

44 harpoon. 

45 heaven. 

46 highness. 

47 hymn .song of 

praise). 

48 idle (doing 

nothing). 

49 idol (an image) 

50 immense. 

51 innocent. 

52 January 

53 journey. 

54 juicy. 

55 juvenile. 

56 kettle. 

57 knife. 

58 language. 

59 learning. 

60 luncheon. 

61 measure. 

62 meeting. 

63 merit. 

64 Mississippi. 

65 monstrous. 

66 morocco. 



67 motion. 

68 neighbor. 

69 noble. 

70 numeral. 

71 officer. 

72 orphan. 

73 oxygen 

74 painting. 

75 passion. 

76 pigeon. 

77 policy. 

78 precious. 

79 priest. 

80 pulley. 

81 question. 
83 quill. 

83 ransom. 

84 receipt. 

85 rogue. 

86 Russia. 

87 sailor. 

88 science. 

89 security, 

90 spelling. 

91 steam. 
93 temple. 

93 thought. 

94 training. 

95 utility. 

96 valiant. 

97 vowel. 

98 weakness, 

99 witty. 
100 youthful. 



THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Examination XXVIII, JVor, S, 7876* 



(3:15—4:15 p. m.) 



1 about. 

2 academy. 
8 address. 

4 advance. 

5 afloat. 

6 alcohol. 

7 amusemeut. 

8 anxious. 

9 auger (tool) 

10 autumn. 

11 babble. 

12 beard. 

13 beau. 

14 bear (animal) 

15 bare (not cov- 

ered). 

16 besiege. 

17 bravery. 

18 brilliant. 

19 bugle. 

20 button. 

21 calendar, (al- 

manac). 

22 captive. 

23 catalogue. 

24 charcoal. 

25 colonel (offi- 

cer). 

26 comply. 

27 court. 

28 crown. 

29 dairy. 

80 declension. 

81 dialogue. 
83 domain. 



33 dwarf. 

34 eighteen. 

35 employ. 

36 equitv. 

37 feeble. 

38 flower (blos- 

som). 

39 frighten. 

40 glean. 

41 gouge. 

42 guess. 

43 hammer. 

44 health. 

45 Hebrew. 

46 houses. 

47 hyphen. 

48 istlimus. 

49 joint. 

.50 judgment. 

51 justice. 

52 knock. 

53 knowledge. 

54 languid. 

55 league. 

56 light. 

57 lyceum. 

58 mansion. 

59 marriage. 

60 mercantile. 

61 mighty. 

62 motion. 

63 muslin. 

64 neutral. 

65 numbness. 

66 oyster. 



67 paint. 

68 pebble. 

69 perceive. 

70 pitcher. 

71 portrait. 

72 prison. 

73 Prussia. 

74 quinsy. 

75 ransack. 

76 reindeer. 

77 rhetoric. 

78 rye (grain). 

79 saucer. 

80 scholar. 

81 season. 

82 senior. 



83 shears. 

84 sleigh 

hide). 

85 soldier. 

86 spoon. 

87 surgeon. 

88 telegraph. 

89 Tennesee. 

90 type. 

91 usher. 

92 useful. 

93 valley. 
.94 vestige. 

95 voyage. 

96 warrant. 

97 wheel 

98 wreck. 

99 youth. 
100 zephyr. 



(ve. 



SPELLrNG. 



Examination XXIX, JFeb, 26, 7876, 
(3:15—4:15 P. M.) 



1 able. 

2 abroad, 
S absent 

4 acid. 

5 acquire. 

6 adjunct. 

7 amusement. 

8 appetite. 

9 ascension. 

10 avail 

11 baggage. 

12 barbarism. 

13 bargain. 

14 between. 

15 bitterness. 

16 bouquet. 

17 buckle. 

18 butchery. 

19 career. 

20 capacity, 

21 chairman. 

22 choir (singers). 

23 clearness. 

24 coach. 

25 cancel. 

26 country. 

27 deceive. 

28 delight. 

89 diplomacy. 
80 distillery. 

31 druggist, 

32 dyspepsia. 

33 edition. 
84 embryo. 



35 entrance. 


67 manager. 


36 erring. 


68 mechanic. 


37 exhibition. 


69 Memphis. 


38 factory. 


70 ministry. 


39 fanatical. 


71 needful. 


40 feature 


72 neither. 


41 fiftieth. 


73 neuter. 


42 fountain. 


74 quinsy. 


43 genealogy^ 


75 opposition. 


44 genuine. 


76 overseer. 


45 glacier. 


77 painful. 


46 goblet. 


78 pasturage. 


47 grateful. 


79 pearl. 


48 gi-easy. 


80 pension. 


49 greatness. 


81 physician. 


50 hailstone. 


82 piracy. 


51 harmonize. 


83 pleasant. 


52 haughty. 


84 pretension. 


53 hoarseness. 


85 quince. 


54 increase. 


86 ratio. 


55 insurrection. 


87 reason. 


56 irregular. 


88 ripple. 


57 Jamaica. 


89 sagacity. 


58 journal. 


90 scent, (odor). 


59 knot (of a tree 


, 91 section. 


or of cords). 


92 seraph. 


60 lamb. 


93 sheriff. 


61 latitude. 


94 Scotch (people) 


62 leaven (yeast). 


95 sparrow. 


63 lessen (to make 96 twelfth. 


less). 


97 usury. 


64 lighten. 


98 vengeance. 


65 lightning. 


99 widow. 


66 majesty. 


100 wrestling;. 



THE regents' questions. 



Bxa77iination XXX, June 9, 7876. 



(3:15—4:15 P. M.) 



1 absence. 


35 electricity. 


69 luxury. 


2 absolute. 


36 engage. 


70 machine. 


3 accuracy. 


37 epitaph. 


71 marshal. 


4 acquaint. 


38 errand. 


72 mingle. 


5 admission. 


39 excursion. 


73 mother. 


6 alien. 


40 eyebrow. 


74 mutton. 


7 analysis. 


41 taintness. 


75 naughty. 


8 apostle. 


42 fearful. 


76 nervous. 


9 asylum. 


43 fiction. 


77 notch. 


10 awful. 


44 flattery. 


78 nutriment. 


11 bachelor. 


45 follower. 


79 obey. 


12 banner. 


46 fourteen. 


80 obtain. 


18 base(found'tion 47 furnace. 


81 origin. 


14 beam. 


48 garrison. 


82 parable. 


15 beginning. 


49 gentleman. 


83 people. 


16 boundary. 


50 gloomy. 


84 populous. 


17 breakfast. 


51 gutterl 


85 princess. 


18 cabbage. 


52 handsome. 


86 queen. 


19 catarrh. 


53 harness. 


87 ready. 


20 centennial. 


54 heathen. 


88 recess. 


21 chalk. 


.55 hogshead. 


89 remamder. 


22 choice. 


56 humble. 


90 review. 


23 cloud. 


57 hypocrite. 


91 school. 


24 conceit. 


58 illness. 


92 secrecy. 


25 counsel (advice)59 impulse. 


93 sieve. 


26 curtain. 


60 injury. 


94 solemn. 


27 damsel. 


61 irritate. 


95 subject. 


28 daughter. 


62 jack-knife. 


96 thread. 


29 decease. 


63 jewel. 


97 tough. 


80 discuss. 


64 key. 


98 unity. 


31 door. 


65 kneeling. 


99 volnme. 


82 dunce. 


66 lance. 


100 wrist. 


83 dutiful. 


67 lawyer. 




84 echo. 


68 letter. 





SPELLING. 



Bxami7iatlo}i XXXT, JSTov, Wy 7876, 



(3:15-4:15 P. M.) 



1 abandou. 


35 envy. 


69 magnify. 


2 abolition. 


36 equal. 


70 meal. 


3 abstract. 


37 eternity. 


71 mouth. 


4 ache. 


38 examination. 


73 multitude. 


5 adjourn. 


39 exhaust. 


73 mutual. 


6 anchor. 


40 eyelid. 


74 nail. 


7 apoloi^y. 


41 fable. 


75 needle. 


8 arch.' 


42 father. 


76 night. 


9 Atlantic. 


43 finish. 


77 number. 


10 author. 


44 flash. 


78 occasion. 


11 badge. 


45 foolish. 


79 offense. 


13 baptism. 


46 fortune. 


80 onion. 


13 barometer. 


47 future. 


81 owl. 


14 battery. 


48 gallon. 


82 parliament, 


15 bread. 


49 giant. 


83 parcel. 


16 butter. 


50 government. 


84 pioneer. 


17 button. 


51 guardian. 


85 possible. 


18 candle. 


53 half. 


86 quarrel. 


19 careless. 


53 hawk. 


87 raspberry. 


20 celebrate. 


54 high. 


88 rejoice. 


21 cheese. 


55 hollow. 


89 roast. 


22 church. 


56 hurricane. 


90 ruffian. 


23 coach. 


57 ice. 


91 Sabbath. 


24 compact. 


58 impiety. 


92 scourge. 


25 copy. 


59 incense. 


93 single. 


26 crystal. 


60 instance. 


94 snowball. 


27 damage. 


61 intrigue. 


95 spasm. 


28 December. 


63 jellv. 


96 teacher. 


29 degree. 


63 judge. 


97 traffic. 


80 dewdrop. 


64 kingdom. 


98 ugliness. 


31 diphthong. 


65 knuckle. 


99 velocity. 


32 Dutch. 


66 lace. 


100 youngster, 


33 election. 


67 liberty. 




84 energy. 


68 Louisiana. 





THE REGINT9' QUKSTIONS. 



J^xamtnati07i XXXI I. J\farch 4?, /877m 



(3:1 



15 P. M.) 



1 abhor. 


35 eulogy. 


68 monarch. 


2 accomplish. 


36 excuse. 


69 nature. 


3 admire. 


37 fault. 


70 nonsense. 


4 ay:ent. 


38 figure. 


71 nurse. 


5 Allegany. 


39 fleece. 


72 omission. 


6 almanac. 


40 history. 


73 oracle. 


7 apparel. 


41 fraud. 


74 ostrich. 


8 attorney. 


43 fugitive. 


75 owner. 


9 bandage. 


43 gesture 


76 palmtree. 


10 baptize. 


44 glass. 


77 passenger. 


11 beef. 


45 irranite. 


78 persuade. 


12 bosom. 


46 gulf. 


79 philosophy 


13 bribe. 


47 guinea. 


80 politics. 


14 bundle. 


48 heart. 


81 quiet. 


1.5 capable. 


49 history. 


82 range. 


1& catechism. 


50 hungry. 


8:3 i-ecol lection. 


17 census. 


51 image. 


84 repair. 


18 chasm. 


52 impossible. 


85 Russian. 


19 climate. 


53 influence. 


86 Savaunah. 


20 coat. 


54 iron (i'urn). 


87 sentence. 


21 concert. 


55 ivory. 


88 should. 


22 copper. 


56 jealousy. 


89 sterling. 


23 creature. 


57 joyous. 


90 sturgeon. 


24 death. 


58 jury. 


91 territory. 


25 decimal. 


59 Kentucky. 


92 transitive. 


26 devil. 


60 knitting. 


93 usage. 


27 dominion. 


61 lameness. 


94 vehicle. 


28 drought. 


62 laziness. 


95 weather. 


29 dynasty. 


63 liniment. 


96 willing. 


30 elbow. 


64 lye (made from 97 worshlppei. 


31 elephant. 


ashes.) 


98 yeoman. 


32 empire. 


65 majority. 


99 zeal. 


S3 entice. 


66 masculine. 


100 zone. 


84 equator. 


67 mellow. 





BPELLTNQ. 



Examination XXXIII, June 7, f877. 

(3:15—4.15 p. M.) 



1 abase. 


2 abundance. 


3 accommodate. 


4 adhere. 


5 admiral. 


6 advise. 


7 argue. 


8 arrive. 


9 arrow. 


10 await. 


11 balance. 


12 bankrupt. 

13 battle. 


14 beyond. 

15 blessing. 

16 breast. 


17 bulletin. 


18 cartridge. 

19 caution. 


20 chamber. 


21 clean. 


22 comfort. 


23 countenance. 


a» crockery. 

25 daUy. 

26 danger. 

27 demagogue. 

28 direction. 


29 doubtful. 


30 dullness. 


81 elasticity. 


32 engross. 
83 erection. 


81 European. 



35 extensive. 68 

36 facility. 69 

37 faithless. 70 

38 fallacy. 71 

39 feudalism. 72 

40 flail. 73 

41 foreigner. 74 

42 furthest. 75 

43 fusion. 76 

44 gallows. 77 

45 geese. 78 

46 glassy. 79 

47 Grecian. 80 

48 grudge. 81 

49 gypsum. 82 

50 heav3^ 

51 honey. 83 

52 Hungary, 84 

53 idiot. 85 

54 imagery. 86 

55 impression. 87 

56 independence. 88 

57 Indianapolis. 89 

58 jeopardy. 90 

59 justify. 91 

60 keeper. 92 

61 knowing. 93 

62 labyrinth. 94 

63 latch. 95 

64 length. 96 

65 lyre (a kind of 97 

harp). 98 

66 maiden. 99 

67 meadow. 100 



mineral. 

Minnesota. 

myriad. 

necessary. 

Norway. 

orthography. 

pair (a couple). 

pear (kind of 

Persia. fruit 

play. 

potential. 

progress. 

I)udding. 

quarry. 

rain (drops of 

water), 
reign (to rule), 
routine, 
sanction, 
scout, 
sneezing, 
teeth, 
toast, 
treatise, 
true. 

Uruguay, 
vanity, 
victuals, 
whale, 
which, 
woolen. 
Yucatan, 
zebra, 
zinc. 



THE regents' questions. 



B3rami9iatio7i XXXiy\ J^ov, 8, 7877* 



(3:15—4:15 p. m.) 



1 accident. 

2 acquit. 

3 adieu. 

4 adversary. 

5 Alabama. 

6 album. 

7 animal. 

8 arithmetic. 

9 atmosphere. 

10 axle. 

11 bail (security). 

12 bale (buudle) 

13 barter. 

14 Belgium. 

15 birch (kind of 

16 bottle. tree) 

17 bowl. 

18 bubble. 

19 cable. 

80 camphor. 

21 ceutur}'. 

22 cherry. 

23 Cleveland. 

24 conscience. 

25 county. 

26 debate. 
2T debtor. 

28 Deity. 

29 double. 

30 dryness. 

31 eloquence. 

32 empty. 

33 era. 

34 eyening. 



35 expense. 


69 mammoth, 


36 failure. 


70 mayor. 


37 fetter. 


71 minute. 


38 fleet. 


72 multiply. 


39 foot. 


73 neatness. 


40 fuel. 


74 numerous. 


41 funeral. 


75 object. 


42 gaiter. 


76 ounce. 


43 gallery. 


77 Oregon. 


44 Georgia. 


78 oxen. 


45 glove. 


79 Pacific. 


46 grandeur. 


80 paper. 


47 iruard. 


81 pardon. 


48 habit. 


82 penny. 


49 head. 


83 place". 


50 heal (to cure). 


84 jisalm. 


51 heel (of foot). 


85 quick. 


52 holiness. 


86 raisin. 


53 ignorance. 


87 ream. 


54 iuch. 


88 respect. 


55 interest. 


89 scale. 


56 ivy. 


90 secretary. 


57 jealousy. 


91 sergeant. 


58 Jesse (man's 


92 snail. 


59 July. name 


0.93 spool. 


60 kangaroo. 


94 summer. 


61 kitten. 


95 throat. 


62 ladder. 


96 tooth. 


63 lantern. 


97 use. 


64 leader. 


98 value. 


65 lecture. 


99 window 


66 longitude. 


100 wreath. 


67 lumber. 




GS magistrate. 





SPELLING, 



Examination XXXV. Thursday, 
February 28, 1878. 



1 division. 

2 impatience. 

3 gradual. 

4 landscape. 

5 pronoun. 

6 grief. 

7 appendix. 

8 ball. 

9 hatchet. 

10 poison. 

11 noose. 
13 riddle. 

13 worthy. 

14 meat (flesh). 

15 chain. 

16 Australia. 

17 example. 

18 brash. 

19 rays (of light). 

20 oration. 

21 Baltic (sea). 

22 mackerel. 

23 forgiveness. 

24 Calcutta. 

25 scarcity. 

26 jov. 

27 advantage. 

28 parallel. 

29 bus5^ 

30 elegance. 

31 pyramid. 

32 heresy. 

33 music. 

34 palace. 



(3:15—4:15 P. M.) 

35 against. 

36 Oregon. 

37 beggar. 

38 legion. 

39 pillow. 

40 manhood. 

41 rudder. 

42 Italy. 

43 feather. 

44 angel. 

45 decency. 

46 reader. 

47 geography. 

48 cannon (gun). 

49 miser. 

50 budget. 

51 nominative. 

52 settlement. 

53 glory. 

54 lizard. 

55 clock. 

56 preacher. 

57 malady. 

58 comb. 

59 extract. 

60 quire (of paper) 

61 nymph. 
•62 attention. 

63 narrow. 

64 peaceable. 

65 hallow (to rev- 

erence). 

66 dozen. 

67 hospital. 



68 fight. 

69 Piiiladelphia. 

70 raise (to lift). 

71 equinox. 

72 barrel. 

73 massacre. 

74 diamond. 

75 romance. 

76 opinion. 

77 sausage. 

78 Jericho. 

79 cousin. 

80 axis. 

81 endeavor. 

82 reed (a plant). 

83 guide. 

84 lattice 

85 calamity. 

86 brain. 

87 library. 

88 intellect. 

89 Delaware. 

90 idolatry. 

91 publish. 

92 tobacco. 

93 month. 

94 buffalo (ani- 

ranl). 

95 privilege. 

96 tissue. 

97 kernel. 

98 Albany. 

99 maintenance. 
100 quadruped. 



THE regents' questions. 



ExamijiatioTi XXXVI. Thursday, 
June 6, 1878. 

(3:15-^:15 P. M.) 



1 Aaron. 

2 dazzle. 

3 garden. 

4 umbrella. 

5 illustrious. 

6 abusive. 

7 Babylon. 

8 handle. 

9 leaf (of a tree). 

10 necessity. 

11 keel (of a ship) 
13 pageant. 

13 magazine. 

14 calmness. 

15 acre (of land). 

16 effect. 

17 bamboo. 

18 palsy. 

19 oath. 

20 basket. 

21 maple-sugar. 

22 family. 

23 Canaan. 

24 quarter. 

25 javelin. 

26 ragged. 

27 pewter. 

28 beefsteak. 

29 elocution. 

30 San Francisco. 

31 harmless. 

32 martyr. 

33 seam (a joint). 

34 appearance. 

35 oh serve. 



36 beetle. 68 

37 legislature. fcO 

38 kindred. '10 

39 Massachusetts. 71 

40 sea { body of 72 

water). 73 

41 importance. 74 

42 fellowship. 75 

43 Austrian. 

44 deepest. 76 

45 tailor (maker of 77 

clothes). 78 

46 Genesee. 79 

47 capture. ^0 

48 measles. 81 

49 Bengal. 82 

50 noise. 83 

51 vessel. 84 

52 gingerbread. 85 

53 leopard._ 86 

54 cashier. 87 

55 weight 88 

(heaviness). 89 

56 memory. £0 

57 cigar. 91 

58 error. 

59 threshold. 92 

60 notice. 93 

61 murderer. 94 

62 seem (to appear) 95 

63 nursery. 96 

64 counterfeit. 97 

65 dial. 98 

66 see (to look) 99 

67 fever. 100 



herald. 

wait (to tarry). 

existence. 

bloody. 

million. 

drain. 

scythe. 

principle (gen- 
eral truth). 

oppression, 

junior. 

chest. 

awkward. 

religion. 

forgery. 

gooseberrj'. 

loaf (of bread). 

circle. 

botany. 

lunatic. 

indolence. 

dumbness. 

Italian. 

recruit. 

principal 
(chief). 

mountain. 

brass. 

rascal. 

pontiff. 

closet. 

honorary. 

growth. 

ambuscade. 

Dutchess (co.) 



SPELLING. 



Ejcamination XXXVII. J^ov. 7, 1878. 



1 courage. 

2 taste. 

3 infamy. 

4 calf. 

5 occur. 

6 encroach. 

7 accept. 

8 yellow. 

9 kennel. 

10 devout. 

11 request. 
13 essential. 

13 Potomac. 

14 banker. 

15 one (number). 

16 fatality. 

17 stall. 

18 dagger. 

19 warrior. 

20 immersion, 

21 alum. 

22 rear. 

23 floor. 

24 niece. 

25 currant (fruit), 

26 Quebec. 

27 prudence. 

28 beer (bever- 

age). 

29 pippin. 

30 Greek. 

31 dodge. 

32 twinkle. 

33 limb. 

34 already. 



(3:15— 4:15 p. M.) 

35 board. 

36 Tuesday. 

37 east. 

38 leakage. 

39 petition. 

40 agreeable. 

41 Baltimore. 

42 flee (to hasten). 

43 quench. 

44 current (of a 

stream). 

45 room. 

46 harrow. 

47 Michigan. 

48 barge. 

49 power. 

50 glorify. 

51 shower. 

53 capital (city). 

53 major. 

54 Siberia. 

55 festoon. 

56 sample. 

57 addition. 

58 union. 

59 mahogany. 

60 earnest. 

61 Chicago. 
63 jockey, 

63 choose. 

64 organic. 

65 eclipse. 

66 matrass. 

67 woolly. 

68 bleach. 



69 bier (for carry- 

ing the dead). 

70 space. - 

71 express. 
73 stomach. 

73 dentist. 

74 won (did win). 

75 gender. 

76 Lisbon. 

77 boxes. 

78 session. 

79 lily. 

80 disguise. 

81 view. 

83 leek (a plant).. 

83 accuse. 

84 jail. 

85 ridge. 

86 flannel. 

87 Germany. 

88 captain. 

89 patent. 

90 guest. 

91 zodiac. 
93 bathing. 

93 monkey. 

94 idea. 

95 flea (insect). 

96 capitol (edi- 

fice). 

97 Arkansas. 

98 darkness. 

99 camel. 
100 armies. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Examination XXXVIII. Feb. 27, 1879. 



1 beginner. 

2 hearing. 

3 fabric. 

4 pail (a vessel). 

5 Benjamin. 

6 jar. 

7 safety. 

8 desire. 

9 skeptic. 

10 abject. 

11 trophy. 

12 ear. 

13 learn. 

14 pilot. 

15 campaign. 

16 odd. 

17 dress. - 

18 size. 

19 law. 

20 acknowledge. 

21 ulcer. 

22 invoice. 

23 false. 

24 water. 

25 blow. 

26 Spain. 

27 gaming. 

28 oar (of a boat). 

29 lieutenant. 

30 active. 

31 serpent. 

32 hair (of the 

head). 

33 rosewood. 

34 declare. 

35 Carolina. 



(3:15— 4:15 p. m.) 

36 sauce. 

37 George. 

38 varnish. 

39 just. 

40 affliction. 

41 torrent. 

42 here (in this 
; place). 
'43 float. 

44 defeat. , 

45 Jborder. ( 

46 In (preposition). 
47. Mohawk. 

48 disobey. 

49 party. 

50 almost. 

51 oil. 

52 economy. 

53 laundrJ^ 

54 primitive. 

55 certificate. 

56 quorum. 

57 gigantic. 

58 marine. 

59 ramble. 

60 anniversary. 

61 seen (to be 

seen). 

62 excise. 

63 fly. 

64 whence. 

65 broom. 

66 mill. 

67 porcelain. 

68 Iceland. 

69 refugee. 



70 arctic. 

71 scene (a view). 

72 Hollander. 

73 federal. 

74 witness. 

75 daisy. 

76 pale (color- 

less). 

77 gracious. 

78 sneeze. 

79 knight (a ti- 

tle). 

80 assembly. 

81 theme. 

82 emancipation. 

83 Ohio. 

84 mention. 

85 burial. 

86 j^east. 

87 gross. 

88 ore (of a 

metal). 

89 Joseph. 

90 avenue. 

91 system. 

92 hai-e (an ani- 

mal). 

93 reply. 

94 deafness. 

95 cistern. 

96 inn (public 

house). 

97 shanty. 

98 approach. 

99 finally. 
100 conclusion. 



SPELLING. 



Examijiation XXXIX. June 5, 1879. 

(3:15—4:15 p. M.) 



1 Adam. 

2 pencil. 

3 cheap. 

4 lake. 

5 bloom. 

6 Indulge. 

7 damp. 

8 Rochester. 

9 friction. 

10 act. 

11 liai'mony. 

12 loom. 

13 Capricorn. 

14 match . 

15 Boston. 

16 institute. 

17 estahlish. 

18 notion. 

19 gaiment. 

20 apprentice. 

21 idleness. 

22 potato. 

23 Chautauqua. 

24 judicial. 

25 bank. 

26 opponent. 

27 decision. 

28 misery. 

29 u'eology. 

30 Africa. 

31 husband. 

32 testament. 

33 Christian. 

34 keep. 

35 can. 



36 pillar. 

37 deck. 

38 sti-aight (not 

crooked). 

39 green. 

40 alone. 

41 restraint. 

42 merciful. 

43 chemist. 

44 justification. 

45 bind. 

46 philosopher. 

47 diagram. 

48 vision. 

49 fright. 

50 abbreviation. 

51 Ireland. 

52 male (mascu- 

line). 

53 class. 

54 labor. 

55 back. 

56 imperfect. 

57 elsewhere. 

58 negative. 

59 gain. 

60 arm. 

61 hoof. 

62 uncommon. 

63 Chenango. 

64 leisure. 

65 canal. 

66 reflect. 

67 extend. 

68 tuition. 



69 grove. 

70 access. 

71 Hamilton. 

72 nation. 

73 condenm. 

74 kill. 

75 basis. 

76 joke. 

77 defraud. 

78 welcome. 

79 frigid. 

80 administration 

81 heat. 

82 profit. 

83 caravan. 

84 mail (post). 

85 balm. 

86 Steuben. 

87 deacon. 

88 strait (narrow 

pass). 

89 gipsy. 

90 abode. 

91 hatch. 

92 passive. 

93 certain. 

94 Jefferson. 

95 bay. 

96 invention. 

97 dispute. 

98 muscle. 

99 friend. 
100 Asia. 



THE regents' questions. 



Examination XL. Kov. 6, 1879. 

(3:15-4:15 p. m.) 



1. America. 36. 

2. worth. 37. 

3. bible. 

4. vaia (fruit- 38. 
less.) 39. 

5. doctor. 40. 

6. payment. 41. 

7. neglect. 42. 

8. encourage. 43. 

9. offer. 44. 

10. abruDt; 45. 

11. barley. 46. 

12. consequence 47. 

13. herself. 48. 

14. plane(atool.) 49. 

15. dry. 50. 

16. rational. 51. 

17. monarchy. 52. 
18 declaim. 53. 

19. rebuke. 

20. again. 54. 

21. seat 55. 

22. clause. 56. 

23. bayonet. 57. 

24. warble. 58. 

25. finance. 59. 

26. waste (loss.) 60. 

27. Charlotte. 61. 

28. triangle. 62. 

29. no (negative) 63. 

30. appoint. 64. 

31. look. 65. 

32. collar. 66. 

33. bill. 67. 

34. leather. 

35. Julius. 68. 



sorry. 

kDow(tohave 
knowledge.) 
endurance, 
rumor, 
affair, 
polish, 
clothing, 
savage, 
method. 
Isaiah, 
vacation, 
libel, 
flood, 
parish, 
acclamation, 
quality, 
chance, 
beach (of the 
sea. 
towel. 

foe (enemy.) 
gospel, 
usurp, 
esteem, 
painter, 
ammunition, 
weary. 
Harriet, 
breathe, 
shoe, 
doubt, 
invisible, 
waist (of the 
body.) 
extreme. 



69. mutiny. 

70. alive. 

71. option. 

72. groove. 

73. behavior. 

74. purple. 

75. disgrace. 

76. leap. 

77. tarry. 

78. faithful. 

79. saloon. 

80. abuse. 

81. plague. 

82. chief. 

83. several. 

84. knavery. 

85. common. 

86. plain (level 
land.) 

87. antecedent. 

88. Emily. 

89. pepper. 

90. vein (a tube.) 

91. temperance. 

92. mature. 

93. beech (kind 
of tree.) 

94. Roman. 

95. lioness. 

96. interfere. 

97. quiver. 

98. glance. 

99. oak. 

100. Jerusalem. 



SPELLING. 



Ejcamination XLI Feb. 26, 1880. 
(3:15-4:15 p. m.) 

The (1) only hope of (2) salvation for the (3) Greek 
(4) empire and the (5) adjacent (6) kingdoms, (7) 
would have (8) been (9) some (10) more (11) power- 
ful (13) weapon, some (13) discovery in the art of (14) 
war, that should (15) give them a (16) decisive (17) 
superiority (18) over (19) their (20) Turkish (21) foes. 
The (22) chemists of (23) China or (24) Europe had 
(25) found, by (26) casual or (27) elaborate (28) ex- 
periments, tiat a (29) mixture of (30) saltpetre, (31) 
sulphur, and (32) charcoal (33) produces, with a (34) 
spark of fire, a (35) tremendous (36) explosion. It was 
(37) soon (38) observed, that if the (39) expansive (40) 
force were (41) compressed in a (42) strong (43) tube, 
a ball of (44) stone or (45) iron (46) might be (47) ex- 
pelled with (48) irresistible and (^49) destructive (50) 
velocity. 

The (51) precise (52) era of the (53) invention and 
(54) application of (55) gunpowder is (56) involved in 
(57) doubtful (58) traditions and (59) equivocal (60) 
language ; yet we may (61) discern that it was (62) 
known (63) before the (64) middle of the (65) four- 
teenth (66) century; and that before the end of the 
(67) same, the (68) use of (69) artillery in (70) battles 
and (71) sieges, by (72) sea and land, was (73) famil- 
iar to the (74) states of (75) Germany, (76) Italy, (77) 
Spain, (78) France, and (79) England. The (80) 
priority of (81) nations is of (82) small (83) account; 
(84) none could (85) derive (86) any (87) exclusive 
(88) benefit from their (89) previous or (90) superior 
(91) knowledge; and in the (92) common (93) im- 
provement, (94) they (95) stood on the same (96) level 
of (97) relative (98) power and (99) military (100) 
science. Edward Gibbon. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



Examination XLII {a), June 3, 1880. 
(3:15-4:15 p. m.) 
On the (1) twelfth of (2) November (3) seventeen (4) 
huudred and (5) ninety-two, (6) Christopher (7) Co- 
lumbus (8) turned his (9) course to the east (10) south- 
east, to (11) follow (12) back the (13) direction of the 
(14) coast. This may be (15. considered (16) another 
(17) critical (18) change in his (19) voyage, (20) which 
had a (21) g eat (22) effect upon his (23) subsequent 
(24) discoveries. He had (25) proceeded (26) far (27) 
within what is (28) called the (29) old (30) channel, 
(31) between (32) Cuba and the (33) Bahamas. (34) 
Three or (35) four (36) days (37) later, he (38) w^ould 
(39) have (40) discovered his (41) mistake in (42) sup- 
posing Cuba a (43) part of terra-firma; an (44) error 
in which he (45) continued to the (46) hour of his (47) 
death. He (48) might have had (49) intimation (50) 
also of the (51) vicinity of the (52) continent, and 
have (53) stood for the coast of (54) Florida, or have 
(55) been (56) carried (57) thither by the (58) gulf (59) 
stream, or, (60) continuing (61) along Cuba (62) 
where it (63) bends to the south-west might have (64) 
struck (65) over to the (66) opposite coast of (67) Yu- 
catan, and have (68) realized his (69) most (70) san- 
guine (71) anticipations in (72) becoming the (73) 
discoverer of (74) Mexico, It (75) was (76) sufficient (77) 
glory for Columbus, (78) however, to have discovered 
a (79) new (80) world. (81) Its (82) more (83) golden 
(84) regions (85) were (86) reserved to (87) give (88) 
splendor to (89) succeeding (90) enterprises. * * * On 
the 5th of (91) December he (92) reached the (!)3) 



SPELLIKa. 



eastern end of Cuba, which he supposed to be the 
eastern (94) extremity of (95) Asia: he (96) gave it 
(97) therefore, the name of (98) Alpha and (99) 
Omega, the (100) begining and the end. 

Irving' 8 Columbus, Book iv, Chapter v. 



Eocaminrjbtion XLII {b), June 17, 1880. 
(3:15-4:15 p. m.) 

(1) New York, (2) one of the (3) thirteen (4) original 
(5) states of the (6) United States of (7) America, (8) 
now the (9) most (10) important in (11) population 
and (12) wealth, (13) occupies an (14) irregular (15) 
triangular (16) area from the (17) Atlantic (18) Ocean 
to the (19) great 1 20) lakes. The state is (21) four 
(22) hundred and (23) twelve (24) miles from (25) east 
to west, (26) three hundred and (27) eleven from 
north to (28) south, with an (29) area of (30) forty- 
seven (31) thousand (32) square miles, or (33) thirty 
34) million (35) eight hundred thousand (36) acres ; 
37) bounded north by Lake (38) Erie, Lake (39) 
Ontario, the (40) river (41) St. Lawrence, and (42) 
Canada; east by Lake (43) Champlain, the states of 
(44) Vermont, (45) Massachusetts, and (46) Connecti- 
cut and by the Atlantic Ocean; south by the ocean, 
(47) New Jersey and (48) Pennsylvania; west hj 
Pennsylvania, the (49) Niagara river, and the lakes 
(50) which (51) make (52) its irregular (53) north-west- 
ern (54) boundary. The state has (55) sixty (56) 
counties. Its (57) chief (^58) towns (59) are New 
York (60) city, (61) Albany, the (62) capital, (63) 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



Buffalo, (64) Rochester, (65) Oswego, (66) Troy, (67) 
Hudson, (68) Syracuse, (69) Utica, etc. * * * The 
state is (70) traversed by (71) railway (72) lines in (73) 
every (74) direction. The (75) centre is (76) beautified 
by (77) many (78) picturesque lakes, and (79) some 
(80) portions by fine (81) mountain (82) scenery. * ^ * 
The (83) soil, (84) particularly that of the western 
and (85) limestone (86) region, is (87) very (88) fertile, 
(89) producingthe (90) finest (91) wheat, (92) maize, (93) 
apples, (94) peaches, etc. . in (95) abundance. * * * 
The state (96) constitution was (97) adopted in 1777. 
In 1825, the (98) opening of the Erie Canal gave a 
great (99) impetus to the (100) prosperity of the state. 

Chambers' Encydopoedia. 



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